Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Hanson-Young, I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, no later than noon on Thursday, 12 December 2013, all incident reports, briefings, internal communications and other reports (excluding already publicly available documents), between the Minister or the Minister's office and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection or the Detection, Interception and Transfer Task Group and related agencies in relation to an undetected boat arrival suspected to have arrived on Monday, 3 December 2013, carrying 27 asylum seekers.

Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Alan Ferguson (SA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The government will not be supporting this motion. As previously stated, Operation Sovereign Borders is a military-led border security operation. It has clear, established and communicated protocols designed by the joint-agency taskforce led by Lieutenant General Campbell to support the effectiveness of the operation. These procedures ensure that people smugglers do not use official information to sell and promote their product and to create false perceptions amongst potential illegal entrants to Australia. Information regarding the incident to which the motion refers has been released in the form of two media releases from the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection on 5 December, in addition to comments by both the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection and Lieutenant General Campbell in the Operation Sovereign Borders briefing on Friday, 6 December. I refer the senator to those statements and transcripts.

Question agreed to.