Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Again, for the third time, the government, through the Attorney-General, has requested advice on whether a government-wide ban is required to address protective security risks. If that advice says that that is necessary then I have no doubt that we will take that action. Yet again—for the third time—why were these matters not serious enough for the former government to do something about them when they actually had the opportunity to do so, when these cameras were actually being installed? It's all very well to be wise after the event and ask questions about things that happened when you were in government, but I suggest that the time to actually do something about it was when you were in government and making the decisions to install the cameras, rather than trying to call into question a government that is taking serious action on this, just as it is taking serious action on national security in general.