Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. The Vice President of the Rule of Law Institute, Chris Merritt, has written:

On November 8 … the government was obliged only to release NZYQ. It was under no obligation to release the others because it could not be certain about the new principles governing indefinite detention.

The government could have used the time between 8 November and 28 November to put legislation in place to keep Australians safe. Will the minister apologise to Australians for his catastrophic failure and to the victims of crimes carried out by the released detainees?

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