Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the Minister for Home Affairs’ answers about the Australian Federal Police report Strategic Intelligence Forecast—Transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia, which reportedly indicates that the government’s changes to border protection policy would be marketed by people smugglers to potential asylum seekers. Given that the minister has neither read nor bothered to get a copy of this very important report, which has been provided to nine government agencies, including the Prime Minister’s own department, and six overseas agencies, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, will the Prime Minister now ensure that he reads the report and reports back to the parliament on its assessments?

Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. I would draw his attention closely to the response delivered by the Minister for Home Affairs at the dispatch box yesterday where he directly referred to statements by the police commissioner concerning the classification of this document and how it should be handled between professional police services. I stand entirely by the minister’s statement.