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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister aware that, while the government dithered in its response to the Villawood protest, it took the New South Wales police just three hours to detain rooftop protesters at the nearby office of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Minister Bowen, in Sydney? Minister, can you explain why it took the Australian Federal Police 11 days to return order to Villawood while it took the New South Wales Police Force only three hours to restore order at a nearby and similar protest?