Senate debates
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Questions without Notice
Asylum Seekers
2:37 pm
Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source
Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the people swap deal with Malaysia is of no binding legal force and unenforceable by Australia, does the government accept that its policy places men, women and possibly children at the risk of brutal physical punishment in direct contravention of Australia's obligations under the UN Convention against Torture?
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