Senate debates Bills
Migration Legislation Amendment (Regional Processing and Other Measures) Bill 2012; In Committee
Sarah Hanson-Young SA, Australian Greens
8:48 pm
I ask the minister directly why it is appropriate for the Commonwealth Ombudsman to have a statutory responsibility to inquire into detention centres in Australia but not detention centres that the government sets up offshore—out of sight, out of mind—when clearly the issue of transparency is more important when there is less access for others to see what is going on in those facilities?
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