Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

that decisions to move detainees between these facilities are made independently by the Australian Border Force. As Senator McKim would know, these decisions are made for a number of reasons, including to manage numbers in each facility, for health reasons and to ensure the safety of detainees, staff and the public. There are protests outside the Brisbane facility. Now, for the benefit, again, of Senator McKim: the man at the centre of these protests—goodness, gracious!—is Brisbane Greens councillor, Jonathan Sri. For the record, Brisbane Greens councillor, Jonathan Sri's actions are completely, totally and utterly unacceptable for a public official, and I would hope that Senator McKim would agree.