Senate debates Questions without Notice

Immigration Detention


Penny Wong

Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs

2:13 pm

As I said, the advice I have is that the Australian Human Rights Commission was not required to seek approval for the substance of its submissions, which it makes as an independent body, and was abundantly clear that these did not represent the views or the position of the Commonwealth of Australia. So, what we have is Senator Cash trying to put forward a proposition that an independent body—

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