Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I know Senator Hughes can keep shouting at me, but perhaps she should read the statement that's just been tabled by the Attorney-General, which provides some further information on that. But we have been trying to provide those briefings to the opposition. One may suspect that they don't want to be provided with that, because it would actually change their narrative.

We have acted in accordance with the law, with the advice that was given to the government, and, since that time, we have been working around the clock. There has been a taskforce established by ABF and the AFP.

I hear Senator Hughes besmirching the taskforce that is being managed by the AFP and the ABF, who have operational responsibility for the implementation of the monitoring of this cohort.