Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 1 March 2011:

(1) Which detention centres provide telephones for the personal and business use of asylum seekers?

(2) How many telephones are available for use by asylum seekers in each detention centre?

(3) Since August 2008:

(a) how many calls have been made on a monthly basis using these telephones at each of the respective detention centres;

(b) to which countries were these calls made; and

(c) what was the total cost of these calls listed by country and detention centre?

(4) Are the phone calls made by asylum seekers monitored in any way; if so, how; if not, why not?

(5) Is there a limit on the number of calls made by each asylum seeker per day; if so, what is the limit?

(6) Is there a limit on the duration of each of these calls; if so, what is the limit?

(7) Which detention centres provide computers with Internet connections for the personal and business use of asylum seekers?

(8) How many of these computers are available for use by asylum seekers in each detention centre?

(9) Are there any restrictions imposed in relation to the use of computers?

(10) Are there any specific websites to which access for asylum seekers has been restricted; if so, which websites?

(11) Are there any specific websites to which access for asylum seekers has been banned; if so, which websites?

(12) What are the rules or policies underpinning restriction to specific websites?

(13) What monitoring is in place to determine the appropriateness of the use of websites by asylum seekers?

(14) What monitoring is in place for websites that are not in English?

(15) If an asylum seeker is found to have accessed an inappropriate website, what action is taken to deal with such a situation?