Llew O'Brien (Wide Bay, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question's to the Minister for Home Affairs. Since releasing the 215 hardened criminals into the community, have any been charged with an act of sexual assault?

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The records of what we've got there would be largely issues held by state and territory authorities. I don't have those stats in front of me. But what I will say is that the concept of people on visas who have committed crimes previously being in the community with no restrictions is what used to happen. That's why I give the example—you refer to those particular crimes—102 convicted sex offenders were released with no conditions into the community from detention by the Leader of the Opposition. Sixty-four child sex offenders were released with no conditions into the community by the Leader of the Opposition.