Mr GILES (Scullin—Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) (14:11): I say again as my friend the Minister for Home Affairs and I have said repeatedly that on Wednesday the High Court handed down a decision which required the release of one citizen— Opposition members interjecting— Mr GILES: Members opposite say they know that, but clearly they do not. As the respondent to this, I opposed that application. Let me be very clear about that. I opposed that application for reasons which I think unite pretty much everyone in this place. We believe that noncitizens who have committed very serious criminal offences, including sexual offences like the offences that the shadow minister just referred to, should not continue to remain in Australia. The circumstances here are that we have not been able to remove them. When I say 'we', I say again that none of these people have arrived in Australia since the election of the Albanese government. The members opposite should perhaps bear that in mind as well as our shared concern, rejection of and revulsion at the behaviour of— The SPEAKER: The minister will pause. The Leader of the Opposition on a point of order? Mr Dutton: Mr Speaker, the question read as follows, in part: what accommodation and other financial support is the government now providing to this convicted paedophile and the other hardcore criminals to live in the community? The SPEAKER: The minister is halfway through his answer— Mr Dutton interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order, Leader of the Opposition! I am trying to deal with your point of order. There were a number of parts to the question. He is being relevant at this stage. I am just going to ask him to return to the question to make sure he is addressing all parts of the question. Mr GILES: I'll just say again that our concern is always to retain community safety. We fought to resist the decision that ultimately the High Court handed down. Again I say that this was for reasons that, I think, unite us in this place. In terms of the question directly put at the end of the shadow minister's question, I have to say two things. Firstly, as he and the Leader of the Opposition would well know, I can't comment on individual cases. I can say that the requirements of state and territory orders for a person in the circumstances he described as well as the stringent visa conditions require us to be certain about where such a person is located—I think he would understand that—so that we can ensure community safety. I spoke yesterday about the measures we put in place before the decision was handed down to ensure coordination with state and territory law enforcement authorities prior to the decision being handed down in the event that any releases were required. This requires us to take steps, including the steps that ordinarily apply for someone who is released from a form of detention with the Status Resolution Support Services. It is absolutely critical that we enable us to have certainty as to where someone is, particularly a person who is guilty of the sorts of offences that you described and is subject to state obligations—perhaps somebody on the child sex offenders register, which obviously restricts the places in which they can reside— An honourable member interjecting— Mr GILES: A paedophile, yes. They should be restricted in where they can live. That requires us to work towards that. (Time expired)