Immigration Policy

The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON (15:30): Supplementary question: in any briefings requested, has the minister asked how many detainees would be provided to South Australia?

The PRESIDENT: The briefings are not a question that arise from the original answer.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON: Has the minister asked how many detainees have been released into South Australia?

The PRESIDENT: Minister, you can answer that question.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:31): As I have said, I think it was—at a point I provided an answer; I think it was five last year.

An honourable member interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: As I have said to the honourable Deputy Leader—who does a stellar job of holding the government to account, in a comparative sense—I will bring back a reply in relation to any current briefings on that matter.