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

As I was saying, any persons detected entering Australian waters unlawfully will be detained. Those seeking asylum will be mandatorily detained and taken to Christmas Island. They will remain in mandatory detention until such time as they have completed health, identity and security checks and before their asylum claims are considered and determined. All persons will be interviewed by our security agencies and any suggestions of activity involving terrorist or criminal organisations will be investigated and examined. As I say, no-one would be granted asylum or moved to the mainland if the security agencies had security concerns about those persons.