Steve Georganas (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, too, have been misrepresented by Senator Henderson during that particular debate. We made it quite clear at the committee that it was not a bipartisan position that was taken in assessing the human rights implications of the regulations, and Senator Henderson misrepresented my position as well as that of other Labor members on the committee by saying it was a bipartisan agreement. This is not correct. Labor members made the point at the meeting and within the report that we were very concerned that raising the application fee for migration matters in the Federal Circuit Court by such an extraordinary amount would be a deterrent to applicants. The fee hike will prevent, in real and practical senses, access to justice for those litigants. That is not bipartisan.

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