Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

With all due respect, I will take the advice of medical professionals of the AMA over Senator Carr's any day. Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The minister for immigration makes deci­sions as to who is detained and who is deported including those decisions around children. The minister is also the legal guardian of any unaccompanied children that arrive in Australia. How is it that the minister can justify the conflict of interest of these two roles; deciding who will be jailed and who will be protected?