House debates

Thursday, 7 December 2023

Questions without Notice

Immigration Detention

2:31 pm

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

As the opposition, and indeed the shadow minister, are well aware, I can't comment on individual cases. In fact, as the opposition leader himself has said:

… I'm not going to comment on individual cases because … I will have been a decision maker … if the matters go to the Court again, I don't want to interfere or taint that process.

I will also say this: on 10 November we, as a government, set up Operation AEGIS, a joint taskforce between the AFP and the ABF working closely with state and territory police forces to share information and enforce visa conditions, steps which have been enhanced by the legislation which passed the parliament late last night. This work of course continues.

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