George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Attorney-General. I refer the minister to the evidence of the Australian Federal Police Commissioner Negus in estimates on 19 October in which he confirmed that the AFP periodically compiles a report entitled Strategic intelligence forecast: transnational criminal trends and threats to Australia, the most recent edition of which was finalised on 27 March 2009. That report stated:

Reporting indicates that people smugglers will market recent changes in Australia’s immigration policy to entice potential illegal immigrants. This may cause a rise in the number of attempted arrivals.

Given that the government has been aware of the existence of the report since it was confirmed in estimates earlier this year, has the Attorney-General now taken steps to inform himself of the contents of the report?