Daryl Melham (Banks, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network, I present the committee's interim report. I ask leave of the House to make a short statement in connection with the report.

Leave granted.

The joint select committee met on 6 October 2011 and agreed to present to the parliament this interim report on its inquiry into Australia's immigration detention network. The committee has received over 3,500 submissions and held hearings and site visits on Christmas Island and in Derby, Darwin and Sydney. However, the committee takes the view that it requires more time to adequately discharge its reference and present a properly considered report on this very important matter of public policy. The committee requests its reporting date be extended until 30 March 2012.

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