Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I'm just going to change one of the parameters in my question because I want to test this as well, Minister. In the same scenario, if this legislation passes, could a call-out order be made to put the Army onto the streets in, say, my home state of Tasmania if there were a situation of civil disobedience and a reasonable likelihood of serious damage to property, if Tasmania Police requested it and if it would enhance the capacity of Tasmania Police to deal with that situation? What I've done there is lowered the bar compared with my first question, where the parameter was 'if that situation were beyond the capacity of Tasmania Police to deal with'. Instead I'm asking: if the deployment of the ADF would simply enhance Tasmania Police's capacity to deal with the situation—and if all of those other circumstances pertained—could a call-out order be made?