Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask the Prime Minister: will the inquiry that she announced yesterday include the handling of the case of Mr Khoda Doost, who was allegedly involved in more than 250 incidents, including assaulting immigration staff, and released in Victoria under community residency, where he threatened to kill people and burn down his house? Does she regard that kind of detention as satisfactory?

Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Once again, can I explain to the opposition that the Inspector-General of Intelligence is an independent statutory office bearer. I have asked her to conduct an inquiry into some of the complex cases, including the one that has been the subject of so much discussion. For the ambit of how she then goes about that work: of course, in line with being an independent office bearer, that is a matter for her.