Senate debates Bills

Migration Amendment (Bridging Visa Conditions) Bill 2023; In Committee


Murray Watt

Murray Watt Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

7:26 pm

Again, bearing in mind that there was no option but to release these people from detention given the High Court's decision, the Australian government has borne the cost of, for example, SRSS, status resolution support services, payments, and the Australian government has borne the cost of transitional housing for the people who have been released. Of course, it's worth also remembering that, had those people remained in detention, the Australian government would have borne those costs as well.

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