Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister for the question. I remind him, too, that the release of detainees was required by the decision of the High Court in November. It was required.

In response to that, we took a range of steps to ensure the Australian community was kept safe, including immediately setting up Operation AEGIS. We saw the coordination of the ABF, the AFP, and state and territory law enforcement authorities. We've put in place stringent visa conditions, and we moved to change the law to criminalise breaches of those visa conditions as part of the four layers of protection we now have in place: stringent visa conditions, electronic monitoring and curfews, community safety orders—

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