David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, do you acknowledge the fact, or have you been briefed at all on the fact, that, when these amendments were put in in 2000, by the coalition, in a rush, without due process, almost exactly this dance was done? It appears to have stuffed the law up or misled ASIO, and they've been operating unlawfully for two decades, after it was rushed through by the coalition without due process. Do you acknowledge that?