Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he is "very aware" of the urgency to get Afghan interpreters who helped Australian soldiers the protection of humanitarian visas, after a number of them were placed on a Taliban kill list.
At least 300 interpreters are seeking protection in Australia as allied troops depart Afghanistan.
"We are very aware of it," Mr Morrison said on Tuesday morning. "And we are working urgently and steadfastly and patiently to ensure that we do this in the appropriate way as we have done on earlier occasions."
Mr Morrison said he believed Australia would be able to repeat its actions in the past of successfully providing humanitarian visas and safe refugee to people facing death threats, including Afghan interpreters.
"This is not the first time that we have had to support in these circumstances, bringing people to Australia under the appropriate visa arrangements for humanitarian visas that are in place," he said.
"We have done this before safely. And we will be able to do it again."
Some Afghan interpreters who worked with Australian troops have reportedly been placed on Taliban kill lists.
Documents obtained by the ABC reference previous attempts to kill Afghan interpreters.
"We have tried to kill you by hitting you with a vehicle, but unfortunately you did not die, only your leg was broken," read a who worked with Australian Defence Force soldiers from 2010.
A former major for the Australian Defence Force has to help the Afghan interpreters who put their lives at risk to help Australian soldiers.
"To fail at this stage to evacuate them, or at least make the best possible effort that we can as a country - that will just be a catastrophic moral failure on our country's behalf," he told SBS News a fortnight ago.
Retired admiral Chris Barrie said a precedent was set following the Vietnam War, when military supporters brought refugees to Australia before the government officially endorsed the arrivals.
"We have a very serious obligation," he told ABC radio on Tuesday. "It would be unconscionable to leave these people to the mercy of the Taliban. We must do something to help them."
The United Kingdom and the United States have both agreed to fast-track the resettlement of thousands of Afghan interpreters and their families.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has indicated the for Afghan employees remains in place.
"We are keen to support all those who are eligible to come to Australia and that is an absolute priority," she told reporters.
US President Joe Biden set 11 September as the deadline to end the country's 20-year military presence in the country. The last remaining Australian troops in Afghanistan will also depart by the same date.
A letter released by the Taliban on Monday said that those who worked with foreign troops in Afghanistan would .
"They shall not be in any danger on our part… None should currently desert the country," the statement said.
