Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Again, Senator Duniam is seeking specifics which I will answer if I can. It is worth remembering also that any case before the ART concerning a cancelled visa, by necessity, involves a decision made by a minister or department to cancel that visa. So without knowing the specifics of this individual case, what must have occurred is that a decision was made either by the minister or the department to cancel this individual's visa, demonstrating the view that the minister or the department had about that case. That was obviously then overturned by the ART. As I say, I will bring back any information that I can about the specific case. But to reinforce the point that I have made, under this government, in 2024-25, 85 visas were cancelled by ministers compared to 20 in the year 2021.