House debates

Tuesday, 20 June 2006

2:00 pm

Photo of Kim BeazleyKim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) | | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that for more than six weeks more than 20 important fact sheets have been removed from the immigration department’s website, including ‘Immigration: the background’, ‘Key facts in immigration’, ‘Processing priorities’, ‘Seeking asylum within Australia’ and ‘Immigration detention’? Isn’t it the case that, of the total number of fact sheets, more than half relate to matters to be debated under the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006? Prime Minister, isn’t it the case that the government is keeping Indonesia more informed than the Australian people during this debate?

Photo of John HowardJohn Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) | | Hansard source

The answer is no.