Senate debates

Wednesday, 11 September 2024

Questions without Notice

Asylum Seekers

2:47 pm

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

We can't keep blaming the opposition for the decade. I speak from the heart on this matter, as my late father was in detention upon arriving in Australia and described the horrors back in 1999. Considering the documented evidence of suffering and human rights violation in offshore detention centres, will the minister finally commit to an independent investigation into these facilities and their operations?

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