David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The computers again said no, Deputy President! The question is: why are you putting the operational flexibility of the AFP ahead of the health, and often the life, of witnesses for whom there has been a previous decision that they require witness protection? If the behaviour or the concerns that led to the suspension have been removed, why is the government going to permit the AFP to continue to withhold witness protection? Is the government at all concerned that giving the AFP commissioner that discretion may lead to a tragedy? And do you accept the potential fatal consequences of not providing witness protection?