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

I ask the minister: how can the government ensure that any information from AUSTRAC passed on by ASIS—or, indeed, by any of the agencies—to foreign intelligence services will not be used by such foreign intelligence agencies in the abuse of human rights? This is a question I have asked in a number of other realms. What systems are in place to ensure that any information from AUSTRAC, which goes to whichever of the intelligence organisations that then passes it on to foreign intelligence agencies, will not be used in the abuse of human rights overseas? I accept what the minister is saying. Your answer was, ‘We have no control over what they do.’ What about the information that we pass on about the finances of Australians or Australian businesses? How can we make sure that that is not used in human rights abuses overseas?