Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

In response to the member for Melbourne, the amendments that we are dealing with now, that I have just moved, faithfully implement the recommendations of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, which reported in considerable detail on 27 February. The honourable member has had ample opportunity—and I know he has a keen interest in this area—to read that report and to discuss it with his colleagues in the Greens. It has been the subject of considerable publicity and debate. The amendments we are debating right now are a faithful implementation of a detailed report that has been widely debated and read for weeks, now, and the honourable member really should have no difficulty in dealing with these issues today.

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