House debates

Wednesday, 14 February 2024

4:30 pm

Photo of Clare O'NeilClare O'Neil (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) | Hansard source

They move quickly to make alternative arrangements, and that's exactly what we did. What you saw within a few weeks of the decision was that the government put in place four layers of protection for the Australian community—four parts of our immigration system that didn't exist before. This included, as the immigration minister has laid out really clearly for the parliament this week, electronic monitoring bracelets and curfews for people; a $250 million investment in Operation Aegis, which is a joint Australian Border Force and Australian Federal Police operation; a preventive detention regime; and the Community Protection Board, which for the first time has really brought people from law enforcement into the immigration part of our work and is advising us on conditions.

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