All of the measures that we are seeking to put in place are balanced and appropriate for the circumstances that we face, ... We're not targeting specific members of the community. |
Any movement outside the perimeter of the house and yard will be accompanied by an officer, |
ASIO is responsible for protecting the Australian community from all forms of politically motivated violence, including violent protest activity, and they've made an assessment in relation to those matters. |
But one ought not to be I think blase about these matters, one can't assume that those that are left won't still have some residual capacity to continue, |
but that does not mean that the statements in it are anything more than rhetoric. |
Detention policy is public policy in Australia which will not be unwound, |
Every time someone who arrives illegally in Australia is granted refugee status, it means that a place is denied to someone often in more dire circumstances, |
expressed to me their thanks for the degree of access they received and the competency of our officers, who answered all of their questions and dealt with all of the issues they wanted to raise. |
For only 3 per cent of people to complain that they have been affected by racism when something of the order of 48 per cent -- almost 50 per cent -- come from Asian, North African or Middle Eastern backgrounds, I think it evidences a society that is very accommodating, |
I don't know that there is a role to look at departmental matters. |
I will look into those issues, ... The Americans have dealt with some of those matters and said they lacked veracity. I'll have [a] look at it and see whether I want to say the same thing. At this stage, I can't. |
I would simply say that the issue of how the detention centers themselves are managed is not a matter (in which) treaties or any involvement of the UN is appropriate, |
If parents are behaving in ways which put the lives of children at risk then we have some responsibility to act, |
If the parliament is sitting it has to undertake business, that's not a question of picking and choosing, |
In relation to offshore processing, it is in our interests to have people not reach Australia, and (processed) under rules that are not as relaxed as ours became while the courts were supervising judicially the decision making, |