Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

That is right: not the Leader of the Opposition. I stand by the comments that I made in this parliament yesterday and I stand by the comments I made earlier today in Sydney. The bottom line here is that there was an inquiry into children in detention. It did not take place when there were 2,000 children in detention under members opposite. It did not task place then, because the president of the Human Rights Commission had a discussion with Labor ministers and thought that it would be a political inquiry. So, having refused to have a political inquiry when there were almost 2,000 children in detention, she goes ahead and has a political inquiry when there are under 200 children in detention.

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