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

My question is to the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs. Out of the 149 hardcore criminals released by the Albanese government, how many rapists and sex offenders, apart from the one who has just been charged with sexual assault, remain at large in the community?

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

I thank the Manager of Opposition Business for his question. It's a question that I answered in the last sitting week, when I informed him and informed the House that because of the strict visa conditions, including reporting requirements and electronic monitoring for many, the location of every individual in this cohort is known. I remind him and those opposite of what the Australian Federal Police's acting deputy commissioner said in estimates:

I don't think there's any difficulty in knowing where they are.

Unlike some of those opposite, I have complete faith in our law enforcement officials' ability to keep us safe, and they are working around the clock to do just that. And I remind him again that we have worked to give them the tools they need to enforce the strict laws we passed in the parliament last year, including an additional quarter of a billion dollars to support our law enforcement effort.