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

He seems very well acquainted with this secret briefing! I would encourage him to be briefed on the real legal issues going to these issues so that he can make a constructive contribution to community safety. The fact that he chooses not to do so is frankly inexplicable, other than if he wants to retain some licence to free-range on issues that he knows he is in the wrong on. I can't get into the details of cases that are before the High Court, and I won't. But I will say this: the government believes that these individuals—those who are not cooperating with their removal—should be removed from Australia as a priority. While they are not, they should remain in immigration detention. This is a position we successfully defended before the Federal Court, and we will be vigorously defending this position before the High Court.

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