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

I thank the member for Moncrieff for her question. My thoughts, and I'm sure the thoughts of every member in this place, are with that victim, and with all victims who are or who may be affected by these issues. But, of course, as she would appreciate, I can't comment on individual cases.

What I can say, though, is that the Department of Home Affairs is, and has been, engaging closely with state and territory enforcement agencies, proactively sharing information. Starting well before the decision in the current case was handed down, our border protection and law enforcement agencies have been working together to make sure that the toughest possible conditions have been placed on these individuals. It's also incumbent on our state and territory law enforcement agencies to enforce existing state and territory requirements and orders which have been put in place with regard to individuals—

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