Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice) Share this | Hansard source

We can continue to go around in circles on this point, but I think I have made it abundantly clear that ASIO collects information that it believes is relevant for the course of its security inquiries. If it collects information that it does not require then that information will be destroyed. On top of that, as I made clear in both my opening remarks to this bill and the summing up, people could still make a complaint to the Inspector General of Intelligence and Security if they believe that their information has been used in an improper way. That safeguard will still remain.

This is the fifth time that the member for Melbourne has made essentially the same point and the fifth time that I have responded. I suggest that, if he has got something else to contribute to this debate, he moves on.

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