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

As I suspect Senator Shoebridge is probably aware, the minister's guidelines for ASIO require ASIO to do things proportionally and reasonably, and that is a legal requirement on ASIO officials. That provides the safeguard to prevent abuse, because abuse of these powers would not be proportional or reasonable, which is what ASIO is required to do under the minister's guidelines.