George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

My question is directed to the Minister representing the Minister for Justice, Senator Ludwig. I refer the minister to the recent protests at the Villawood detention centre in Sydney. Can the minister explain why it took the Australian Federal Police 11 days to detain the rooftop protesters involved in the Villawood riots? Isn't the government's inability to deal with the protest emblematic of the fact that the government has lost control of the asylum seeker issue just as it has lost control of Australia's borders?