Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

That is not serious, and this is a serious issue. We moved quickly to ensure that we issued visas to impacted individuals with appropriate conditions to ensure that community safety can be upheld, including requirements to report readily to the department to inform the minister of any changes of personal details such as address, social media profiles, restrictions of industries on employment and a range of other conditions. This is in addition to state and territory requirements, which go to the issues that you were talking about, Shadow Minister.

We have been required to release people almost instantly. That is the decision of the court. But we continue to consider all measures that may be available to strengthen our protection of the community. I note, of course, that we are yet to have the reasons for the court's decision. We have been approaching this issue in anticipation of a decision, because we regard community safety seriously. We continue to do so, unlike members opposite, whose record in this area is an unmitigated disaster. (Time expired)

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