Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Home Affairs. I refer the minister to the revelation by the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police in Senate estimates last night that a reference to the impact of the government’s policy changes on people-smuggling was removed from the Australian Federal Police report Strategic intelligence forecast—transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia before it was sent out to government agencies. Will the minister confirm that the advice warned of the risk that the government’s policy changes would contribute to an increase in illegal arrivals and will he inform the House on whose instructions this advice was excised from the Australian Federal Police report?

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