Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I can certainly assure the Senate that there will be no compromising of health and security checks. The health and security checks and the identity checks conducted by this government on Christmas Island are the same processes that were adopted by the previous government. They are long-established immigration practices. We are currently using the Howard government purpose-built detention centre on Christmas Island, a centre that the Howard government built to meet this very need.