David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

It is extraordinary that a government won't even confirm that something that they are doing that is highly controversial—the Law Council of Australia has written to the minister and has written to senators. You have over 100 organisations across this country saying: 'Don't do this. This is a dangerous precedent.' You've got the government saying, 'Well, it's for these violent offenders who are evading the law.' Yet when you ask the government, 'Is it even constitutional?' their response is: 'Oh, I couldn't possibly say. We have advice.'