Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship and its Detention Service Provider do not monitor phone calls, websites or emails of Irregular Maritime Arrivals detained at RAAF Base Scherger; due to the requirements of the Privacy Act (2001).

However, clients are supervised when accessing the internet to ensure appropriate behaviour, age-appropriate material and equitable access is maintained.

Furthermore, computers at all Immigration Detention Centres have content filters, which block access to inappropriate websites.

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