Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

What I am saying is that I do not accept that this necessarily involves a breach of Australia’s borders. Again, I refer people to the comments made by the Assistant Commissioner. We ought to exercise caution in relation to commenting on a very important investigation. I understand that Mr Debnam did raise the matter with the state government. That was not an inappropriate course of action. It is a state investigation coupled with a federal investigation. I am certainly not going to comment any further on this matter. It would be entirely inappropriate to do so. Let the New South Wales Police and the Australian Federal Police get on with the job of investigating what is a very serious issue.