Maria Vamvakinou (Calwell, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Our community is very grateful for the government’s decision; it is just that you would also be aware, as I am, that there is a great level of interest in that land by both the community and the council. I just want to understand: is the land going to remain idle until such time as another review takes place? It is very important land, and it can be very useful to our community. I would like you to reflect on that. I want to understand whether it is just going to remain idle until some fluid situation at some point in time may render a need for the government to consider building another detention centre. We just need some clarification on that because that helps us in our understanding of what we can do to lobby government about that land.

See this speech in context