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

A short time ago I spoke with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters. I spoke to him about the changes our government will soon be making to strengthen community safety in Australia. I conveyed to him that direction 99 has not been working as intended and that we will be revoking ministerial direction 99 and issuing a new, revised direction to make sure that the protection of the Australian community outweighs all other considerations.

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