Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

There is an exemption that the minister can use for particularly vulnerable people, but I think the primary point here is that the expansive use of exemptions would defeat the aim of the bill to stem the heinous crime of people-smuggling, as well as the overall objectives of the bill. I also want to add, with respect to your previous question about army tents, that of course we are talking about very short-term accommodation.