Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

'Demonising refugees'? This is a typical example of an overreaction from the Attorney-General. What he should be explaining is why he has allowed a situation in this country where national security has been breached, firstly, because people smugglers have smuggled people in of this character and, secondly, the manner in which they have been held in this country since they have arrived.

Government members interjecting—

In the case of the accused Egyptian terrorist, he was apparently held in Inverbrackie, a detention centre in the home state of one of the members who is interjecting. That is a low-security environment protected by the equivalent of a pool fence. This is a person who is serious enough to appear on an Interpol red notice and the government thinks that an appropriate way to hold him is to release him into Inverbrackie.

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