Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs responded to my question on notice last week by saying that persons in Nauru or PNG are not under effective control of Australia in terms of their day-to-day management, how can the government guarantee that refugees like this family, who, under the new immigration laws, would be shipped off to Nauru, will get proper assistance? What guarantees can the government provide that refugees left to languish in Nauru will have the support of international agencies when even here in Australia the Red Cross is being locked out from visiting these detainees and assessing their welfare?