Annelise hello, and welcome to question time wrap where we look at the first sitting fortnight of the new morrison government. In february of this year, the government introduced a bill that would allow the minister to exclude anyone from entering australia for up to two years if they were suspected of being involved in any terrorist activity. With a strong mandate off the back of their win, they moved to pass the bill. They did ignore a number of recommendations on the drafting of that bill from the powerful Parliamentary Committee. The labor of the opposition, much less lofty i suspect. [laughter] we will say the answer. My question is to the Prime Minister and it goes to National Security. Does the Prime Minister doubt which side people are on when they support the unanimous position of a Parliamentary Joint Committee on intelligence and security . Thank you, mr. Speaker. I think he raised the role of the joint Standing Committee the joint Standing Committee on these matters does important work in the parliament. When members come to that committee, they bring forward the positions of the various parties to address the National Security issues that the countries face. What i have noted in my time in this place is that it has always been those who sit on this side of the house who have always brought the stronger position. It is always on the side of the house, with the measures for the committee, that the matters have been thought to be more [indiscernible] therefore, it is the state of the action of my government to ensure where the matters are ordered, we will always seek to remedy it. Annelise a visit to cambridge by the Prime Minister papa new guinea brought the issue of offshore processing of asylumseekers into the spotlight. The Prime Minister asking australia to close their offshore detention facilities. Thank you, president. My question is to the minister. The Prime Minister said that he would like to see offshore detention ended in papa new guinea, as soon as possible. And that he has requested your government provide order. I would like to hear the question. Order on both sides of the chamber, left and right. Order. Please continue. Thank you. The Prime Minister has requested your government provide a timetable for ending offshore detention. What commitments has your government given to png government in the future of offshore detention and have you agreed to provide a timetable as requested by mr. Mar by . Minister, after six long years, when will your Political Prisoners on manus island finally be given the freedom and safety they need and deserve . Senator reynolds. Thank you very much. Thank you, senator question. As i said to senator king neeley , you also came for capitulating a falsehood. There is nobody no Detention Center there. I would also note senator mckim that you were not detained in papa new guinea either. Senator mckim, i think there is nobody in detention in manus island. As i said to senator ken neely, we had a productive meeting today, senator corbin was there. We had very coiled discussions with the papa new guinea Prime Minister and ministers on the way forward including in manus island. Again, i have nothing further to add because what he said is a falsehood. Order. Thank you. The minister has said she has nothing further to add, but a specific question i asked her was whether or not the Australian Government has provided a timetable as requested by mr. Maroc by. By the Prime Minister and i ask you to direct the question. You know full well i cannot direct the minister to any part of the question. You yourself said it was a question. The minister is being relevant. Thank you. Just, to be clear i completely reject the whole premise of your question because there is nobody in detention on manus island. And in fact, you mentioned the six years, and who started those six years . Who was it who actually put people in detention there in the first place . We have worked tirelessly for six years because remember, under all of that, 50,000 people came by boat. 1200 people that we know ive died a horrific death. So that was not us. We have worked tirelessly, internationally, and in cooperation with the png government to fix the shameful mess you left. We are very proud of what we have done. Minister corbin reminds me that the Prime Minister today, when talking about it, was noting at how peaceful and beautiful manus island is, and in fact would welcome tourists to visit manus. Your time has expired. Senator mckim, a supplementary question. Thank you, president. You and the Prime Minister have claimed the people exiled to manus island six years ago are not ended tension. If there are no Detention Centers as you and the Prime Minister claim, what was that place with guards on the gates, with wire on the fences, that people are locked up in each and every night, that i was denied entry to last week, and ultimately deported from papa new guinea for asking permission to enter . What exactly was that place . Order. Senator reynolds. Senator mckim, no matter how much you scream in this place, no matter how disgracefully you act as a senator of this place, in another country as a guest of another country, cannot change the fact that they are no people in detention there on manus island. You have clearly learned nothing over the last six years about the consequences of your policy. We have spent six years working with a papa new guinea government and again that was reinforced today. And what we are doing to clean up your mess. Again i will say there is nobody in detention on manus island, and no matter how badly you behave in someone elses country, as a guest of their country, that does not change the fact, as i have said several times today in this and in this chamber. The president and i categorically reject that in any way while i was on papa new guinea. I politely asked to enter the prison. I note the comments of new zealand Prime Minister who is has reiterated through a kind offer to accept 150 people per year from manus island. How can your government continue to reject that offer and deny desperate people the freedom and safety that they need and deserve . Senator reynolds . Thank you very much. I would say i completely reject the whole precedent the whole premise of your question. Nobody is in detention in papa new guinea. The government of papa new guinea determines to enter the refugee transit center, and respective entry requirements. If they deny due entry, that is a matter of the papa new guinea government. Senator. Senator mckim. Thank you. Perhaps the minister did not hear my final supplementary. What i specifically asked was about the offer from new zealand. And this governments rejection of that offer and she has yet to reply. Senator kim, you did have a preamble to the question. I consider that to be part of the question. The minister is allowed to answer that. Thank you very much mr. President. Again, this is a matter for the government of papa new guinea. You went to a friendly nation, a country of which we have great connections with, and they denied you entry to a facility that is in their control. It is an issue for them. I have to say, reading a little bit about your conduct, im ashamed that somebody in this chamber went again to a friendly country, a neighboring country, and acted in a way as you did, senator mckim. That is something for your conscience, it is not something this government or anybody else in this chamber the answer has expired. Annelise press freedom in australia became a global topic when a french journalist and his tv crew were arrested filming police accused the journalist and his crew of a blocking a railway line. Thank you, mr. President. My question is do to the minister for Foreign Affairs, senator payne. After the arrest of four french journalists, has the minister been in contact with the french ambassador or attempted to see or attempted to assist the journalists concerns . What actions will the Australian Government take if an australian journalist was arrested in similar circumstances in france or perhaps hong kong . Thank you very much. Thank you for your question. On the 22nd of july, the queens land Police Arrested seven people following protest activity at a port facility. The Queensland Police service said that they will appear on the third of september this year. Any inquiries relating to the circumstances of the arrest of course would be appropriately referred to the Queensland Police service. Any inquiries regarding support which would be extended to French National ones which will be addressed by the embassy of france. Supplementary question. Thank you. Further question for the minister, how will the government respond to the concerns of the International Community regarding australias press freedoms after the heavyhanded arrest of these four journalists . And can you answer the remainder of my first question, what would you do if it was an australian journalist in france . Thank you very much. Australia does [indiscernible] when they are traveling overseas in a broad range of circumstances. That is their responsibility without department of Foreign Affairs and trade, something we take seriously. In relation to the matters of that, i presume they relate to an Ongoing Investigation being carried over by the Queensland Police service. I do not want to comment on those details. A final supplementary question. Australias International Reputation has been called into question after the arrest of these four french journalists on the back of National Broadcaster and raids on individual journalists. What will the government do to restore the faith of the australian citizens and the International Community of our french freedom . Thank you very much, mr. President. As i said in recent weeks when i spoke at a conference on these matters in london, the Australian Government has asked what the Parliamentary Committee and security content to conduct an inquiry into how Law Enforcement and intelligence powers do interact with protections for journalists and press freedom to ensure that we do strike the right balance. The Australian Government has also directly invited media organizations to provide direct permissions to governments and engage those organizations prior to those on the key issues of concern to them in the government. The government is looking forward to working with them in continuing a constructive dialogue. We are committed to ensuring that in our democracy, we strive to write the balance. The important right balance between a free press and keeping australian safe. Two fundamental penance of our democracy which australians expect us to observe. Annelise earlier this year when legislation was being debated that would allow the evacuation of refugees from offshore processing to australias medical treatment, confidential advice from australian Security Agency was leaked. Questions were raised about why an investigation by the Australian Federal police was discontinued into that leak. Thank you. My question is to minister representing the. Representing the minister for homeless affairs. When classified advised was linked in february, duncan lewis said when classified advice is leaked, it undermines all that we stand for. Given the strength of the director generals view, why did the afp discontinue its investigation . Senator cache. Thank you, mr. President. As senator cannily would now, the Australian FederalPolice Conducted their investigations and carry out their operations independent from government. Order. Order. Senator cannily, supplementary question. The commissioner said we do not actually convince an investigation because we saw the prospects of a successful investigation of prosecution were limited. Given foi documents leaked that only 10 people in the department of Homeland Affairs and the minister had access to this confidential advice, does the minister agree the prospects of the prosecution are limited . Senator cache. Thank you. Again, i would refer to my previous answer. A final supplementary question. Final supplementary qu. In response to the leak, minister dutton said, i have not leaked anything. The minister also said, nobody is above the law and the police have a job to do under the law. That means only 10 people are left. Will the minister now commit to reopening the investigation . Senator cash. Thank you, mr. President. In response to that question, i would again refer to my answer to the initial question. Annelise for the First Time Since he lost the election, former Opposition Leader bill shorten asked a question of the government in question time. Now shadow minister for government services, he asked about accusations that welfare recipients are being unfairly targeted by automated debtcollection calls. I call the member forward. My question is to the minister for government services. Minister, how many debt notices issued under the governments robodebt program have turned out to be wrong . The minister for government services. Let me thank the shadow minister let me thank that shadow minister for his question. As you know, under the income compliance checking process, which is now checking and updating past income process, we have, since july 2015, recovered 1. 9 billion. Of the 800,000 income compliance reviews since 1 july, 2016 that have been finalized. 80 have resulted in a debt being collected. 80 . 80 . Right now, across australia, as of the 30th of june, 2019, there are 1. 54 million outstanding social welfare debts, with a value of just shy of 5 billion. This government, like all governments, has a lawful responsibility to collect where citizens have mismatched what they said they had earned versus what, through their tax return, they have been shown to earn. That mutual obligation is something that has been around for decades and decades. Governments of all persuasions over the last 20plus years have sought to recover debts that have arisen because citizens have put forward an assessment of their income, and when their tax return came through, that was different. That difference has to be accounted for. That is the mutual obligation that citizens have with their government. So can i say, to all citizens who are receiving income support or indeed family assistance payments, regularly update through either the mygov application, through a telephone service, or a service center, update the assessment of your income. Because when your tax return is returned, they will be matched, they will be checked, and if there is any discrepancy at all, we have a legal obligation to contact the citizen concerned and seek to explain the deficit. This has been a process governments have done for well over 20 years, not just this government, but many members of the front bench over there have been part of that. From 2010, the member from mcmahon was the minister for dhs. That member did this process. Following the member from mcmahon was the member for sydney. The member for sydney also followed that process. Following the member for sydney was the member for gordon. He also followed that process, as will subsequent members. We seek to do it compassionately and sensitively, but there is a lawful requirement to ensure the right people get the right funds at the right time. Annelise allegations of corrupt dealings that australias crown casino were aired in the last week with allegations that the powerful casino was trading favors with government officials, including allegations that casino officials had a direct line to consulates for visas for highrollers. Im going to call the member from melbourne. My question is to the Prime Minister and its about his statement of ministerial standards. Yesterday, despite reports your ministers lobbied home affairs on behalf of crown, you said there was nothing before you to warrant taking action. Today, you and labor opposed a parliamentary inquiry into ministers and former ministers. The attorney general has referred some of the allegations to the Law Enforcement integrity commissioner. This will not look into whether your ministers have acted improperly and breached ministerial standards. Given the stench from the allegations regarding these matters, can you assure the house that you have fully investigated, and that none of your ministers have lobbied home affairs on behalf of crown . Or is it a case of dont ask, dont tell, with the government running a protection racket for ministers who have ties to crown casino . Just going to hear from members on my right. With respect to Standing Order 19, reflections on members, that is a reflection on all ministers here without identifying which minister he is reflecting on. And indeed, there were no allegations at the top that were raised in the media specifically or otherwise. I think this is out of order. As leader of the house, it is not up to me to judge what was in or not in the media. I only judge questions. Im not going to bring a Med