Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Shoebridge. To answer your last point, suspension from the Witness Protection Program is only temporary in nature. That's the reason the government have taken that position. I would also add that in practice the AFP would continue to consider the circumstances of each case to assess whether it is appropriate for the suspension to remain in force or whether it should be revoked, and the protection and assistance reinstated.