Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

I can only again point to the member for McMillan and his strong views and criticism of those opposite. I have seen a report, though, Senator Hanson-Young, that possibly you have lodged or are in the process of lodging a complaint with ACMA, so I think it would be inappropriate for me to comment further on that. I have seen a report on that.

The opposition have an obligation to this country, but now they are announcing policy on the run—policy on the run on a radio station—as to how they are going to pay for all the people they are now going to keep in detention. That is the question that those opposite should be answering. Many people on bridging visas have work rights and are paying for themselves, not being supported by the Commonwealth. Before anyone is released from detention, they are subject, as I have said, to a security assessment—and any person in Australia is required to abide by the law. But the $70 billion hole is not big enough. They are now digging a deeper one— (Time expired)