Fatima Payman (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Watt. Over the weekend I visited a group of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees protesting in the electorate of Tangney, grieving the death by suicide of 23-year-old Mano Yogalingam and calling for an end to mandatory offshore detention. The recent reports by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre reveal the suffering of refugees held in offshore detention and subjected to uncertainty, medical neglect and trauma. On page 141 of the 2023 Australian Labor Party platform, there is a mandate to reintroduce the 90-day rule in the Migration Act. Independent MP Kylea Tink has introduced a refreshed private member's bill calling for a 90-day time limit on detention for people seeking asylum. Minister, will the government support Ms Tink's bill?