Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I notice that the shadow Attorney-General says, 'What a great question.' Are you seriously saying—is the opposition really saying—that they ought not comply with a decision of the High Court of Australia? Seriously? The senator says 'lightning speed'. We are required, as you would have been, to release them, because there is no constitutional basis for their detention. So, a criticism about a move at 'lightning speed' is a suggestion that the government ought not comply with the law—the Constitution. This is a constitutional democracy, whether we like the decision of the High Court or not. (Time expired)