Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

What we have needed to do, as I have said, is to make sure we have enforceable provisions. The problems with some of the arrangements is that they are not enforceable and I have made very clear already—well before today—that we would be looking at the ways in which those provisions will be enforced. I have said that we will be looking at that. If the member for Cook actually followed some of the commentary, he would know that I have made it very clear that not only are we going to bring about the reforms but also we are going to put in place the measures to ensure that those provisions are enforced.

Mr Christensen interjecting—

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