Trish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given the recent reports of abuse in detention centres, won’t the removal of asylum seekers offshore only reduce external scrutiny and protection for detainees? How will the Prime Minister’s commitment to allow families with children to live in the community be honoured when they are sent to Nauru and Manus Island? Didn’t the minister claim last year that detaining these families should be a last resort? Won’t all asylum seekers, including children, now be locked up when they are moved offshore?