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

Unfortunately, as I said, I'm not in a position to comment on individual cases. But I can assure the Leader of the Opposition, the member who asked the question and the House that I will endeavour to put in place all the appropriate arrangements to demonstrate the highest level of concern that we have for safety. But, as I was saying, in this area it is incumbent on the state and territory law enforcement agencies to enforce those existing orders. Those existing orders include parole conditions, intervention orders and sex-offender-registration reporting obligations, amongst local law enforcement options.

And, further to the answer by the Deputy Prime Minister: each of us in this place and in the other place has an opportunity to come together to make a difference—to impose even tougher requirements on all those affected so that we can come together to ensure community safety.

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