A debate is under way in the House of Representatives to put on hold government business so the Bill, put forward by opposition home affairs spokesman Jonathon Duniam, could be debated.
The Bill is otherwise due to be debated on Thursday.
In a fiery rebuttal, Mr Burke said the Bill would potentially impact Australia’s US allies as well as airport staff.
“Anybody who worked on the flight themselves because there is nothing more direct in assisting someone’s passage than in fact flying them back (to Australia),” he told parliament.
Mr Burke said the legislation “does none of the things that he (Opposition Leader Angus Taylor) publicly said he wants to and all of the things he’s claiming he doesn’t want to do”.
“I’m not sure it’s a problem if the bigger problem is he’s done that inadvertently, or if he knew and he did it anyway.
But, by the bewildered look in his....
