After joining forces with the Greens and the crossbench to delay a vote, the Coalition is suggesting it is likely to back the government's extraordinary immigration laws.The federal opposition is indicating it will support extraordinary immigration laws the government rushed into parliament, less than a day after delaying a vote on the proposal.
"But when the Department of Home Affairs and when the government wasn't able to explain to us why this bill was urgent, why it needed to be rushed through in 36 hours, then in good conscience,The legislation is designed, according to the government, to make it easier to deport people from Australia. Under sustained questioning on Wednesday, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil conceded there was a link between the legislation and a looming High Court challenge – but insisted it was not the only reason the bill needed to be rushed through the Senate.
"Everyone had time to scrutinise it, there was a full briefing given to the Coalition," Mr Albanese said."The Coalition voted for the policy in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, and they voted about the politics of the issue with the Greens party on Wednesday — after not just a full briefing but receiving what they requested, which was an estimates hearing on Tuesday evening," Mr Albanese said.
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