Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Absolutely. Let's just be clear that, despite the rhetoric coming out again from the minister's mouth, we have never disputed that the government needed to comply with the order of the High Court. That is a fact. We have never disputed that. Of course, you did. The issue we have is in relation to the other 147 detainees who have now been released. The government has refused to answer whether or not that involved 147 separate decisions and whether or not each of those cases involved the careful application of principles laid down by the court over 74 paragraphs. They have refused to tell us whether or not the assessments involved the facts, the history of the matter and the prospects of removal in light of the principles articulated by the seven justices of the court. One can only assume, therefore, that in the majority of cases this did not happen. We know that. Why do we know that? Because you did not have the principles articulated by the seven justices of the High Court when you released the vast majority of the detainees. The Albanese government did not have the court's reasons. So what we would like to see you do, as I've said, in relation to each of the 147 hardcore criminals—rapists, pedophiles, murderers and a contract killer—that you have released into the community, is provide the Australian people with a complete analysis of the assessment that was undertaken. I won't hold my breath.