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

I absolutely reject the question and the preamble that Senator Birmingham has put in place. Those who participated in estimates last week—particularly the Home Affairs estimates, where these matters were gone into in great depth—understand exactly how much work is underway on preventive detention. I would also say that a big difference is that the High Court actually came down with a ruling that said indefinite detention is no—