Immigration minister says he relied on information from home affairs department that has since been ‘clarified’
Under-pressure minister Andrew Giles has backtracked from his claim that drones were being used to track people released from immigration detention after the high court decision.Under-pressure minister Andrew Giles has backtracked from his claim that drones were being used to track people released from immigration detention after the high court decision.
Controversy over non-citizens having their visas restored by an independent tribunal renewed scrutiny last week on the separate issue of the government’s handling of the high court ruling that resulted in 153 people being released from immigration detention.On Thursday Giles told Sky News: “Well they are being monitored … There is a quarter of a billion dollars that we’ve invested in supporting our law enforcement agencies.
In a statement, Giles said: “Last week, in an interview on Sky News, I stated that Operation Aegis was using drones.“As part of the work monitoring and supporting community safety, Operation Aegis draws on information from a range of sources using different technologies including aerial open-source and other imagery through their work with state and territory law enforcement bodies.”
“Because he knows, as we know, that if the leader of the opposition was held to the standard that he seeks to hold others, he would not have lasted a day in the job.”
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