Senate debates

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Questions without Notice

Asylum Seekers

2:37 pm

Photo of Michaelia CashMichaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my point of order is in relation to relevance. The question I asked was a very narrow question: does the government accept that its policy places men, women and children at risk of brutal physical punishment in direct contravention of Australia's obligations under the UN Con­vention against Torture? It demands a relevant answer.

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