Kate Chaney (Curtin, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the safeguards the minister has put forward, I don't think the safeguards listed address any of the issues I've raised. A number of them relate to a different class of people, people who are in Australia. We're talking about people who are actually not in Australia and safeguards for that group. You mentioned that the determination should be tabled, but it's not disallowable, so there's no actual scrutiny that comes with its being tabled. Requiring that the order be remade after six months is effectively the same as extending it. And saying that exemptions may be made for individuals because there is a provision in there that says the minister doesn't have to consider any applications for those exemptions doesn't create a right or a safeguard. So I would say that none of these safeguards listed affect the class of people we're concerned about in this case.

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