Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

just shows that this lot is unfit for the job that they seek, unfit for even the offices that they hold in opposition, let alone any other aspiration that may cloud their entitled, smug minds, in terms of the way that they approach this question.

Now, on this cohort of people, the government's approach in the court was absolutely clear. It was not the government's view that the law should change. The government sought an approach, in the government's approach before the High Court, that would have seen not only NZYQ continue to be in detention but also the rest of this cohort.

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I just have to respond—

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