Nat Barr criticized Anthony Albanese after a released immigration detainee allegedly punched an elderly woman in a horrific home invasion.
Ninette Simmons, 73, and her husband Phillip, 76, were left bruised and shaken after three men allegedly assaulted them and stole jewelery from their Perth home.
One of the alleged perpetrators, Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan, 43, is part of a cohort of immigrants detained at the center of a political storm.
The Sunrise presenter questioned how the government’s Community Protection Board had not recommended that the released detainee wear an ankle monitoring device.
Prosecutors told the hearing that Doukoshkan, who came to Australia from Kuwait, was “likely to reoffend” and had compliance issues, but the board ruled he should not have to wear the bracelet.
‘Commonwealth prosecutors apparently did not object to bail in those circumstances in Perth. “Your own governing board did not recommend an ankle bracelet,” Barr said.
He asked Mr Albanese if Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil would be sacked over the debacle.
The Prime Minister simply said “no” and said the decision was out of his hands.
Nat Barr (left) criticized Anthony Albanese (right) and called for one of his ministers to resign after an elderly woman was beaten by a released immigration detainee.
Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan (above), a recently released immigration detainee accused of beating an elderly woman in her own home, has been in and out of court this year.
‘Nat, in this country we have a separation of the judicial system from the political system. But if it were up to me, I assure you that bail would not have been granted in that case,” Mr Albanese responded.
“But these things are done independently by the Director of Public Prosecutions.”
Barr responded: “But there was no opposition.”
“That was not a decision of the national government,” the prime minister replied.
‘I am as upset by that decision as you are, I think it lacks common sense.
“That is one of the things, no doubt, that will be on the agenda today at the attorneys general meeting, which will be chaired by Mark Dreyfus in Canberra, and will bring together all the states and territories to examine parole laws. bail. to examine these issues.”
Barr pressured the Prime Minister to accept responsibility for the failure.
“If you have a board that you appointed that says this person doesn’t need an ankle bracelet, surely that’s a failure?” she said.
‘Yes it is. I think it’s a wrong decision on the part of that board,” Mr. Albanese responded.
Nat interrupted: [A board] that you named, so who is responsible for that?
Ninette Simmons, 73, and her husband Phillip, 76, were left bruised and shaken after three men allegedly assaulted them and stole jewelery from their Perth home on April 16.
Albanese said his “heart ached” for Ninette (pictured) following the alleged home invasion.
“They make decisions independently,” Mr. Albanese continued.
‘One of the things we have in this country is a separation there and the whole NZYQ case was something we opposed, that High Court decision. The government has had to deal with the implications of that and its results.
‘We’ve been trying to do that. We have introduced a series of laws. We now have a law before the Senate that we wanted to pass in March while Parliament was sitting and which has been delayed by another inquiry by a Coalition of Liberals and Greens,’ explained Mr Albanese.
‘That’s why we want to take the strongest possible measures here. We recognize that community safety is the absolute priority.
‘My heart goes out to Ninette. No one should be subject to that type of violence. “It is a scandal that this has happened.”
Mr Doukoshkan was one of 154 men released from an immigration detention center in November after the High Court ruled that indefinite detention was unlawful.
On Thursday, Barr asked Interior Minister Clare O’Neil why released detainee Jamshidi Doukoshkan was not wearing an ankle monitoring device.
O’Neil dodged the question, saying he could not comment and potentially disrupt criminal proceedings against the man.
Natalie Barr asked Home Secretary Clare O’Neil (pictured) why released detainee Jamshidi Doukoshkan was not wearing an ankle monitoring device.
“So one of the layers of protection that we have in place, Nat, is a group of very experienced law enforcement officials making decisions about how people are going to be monitored in the community,” he said.
Barr responded, raising a question on the minds of many Australians.
‘Aren’t you responsible for the Community Protection Board that makes those decisions?
‘And they didn’t give him an anklet?
“Do you think people feel safe out there?” Barr asked.
Mrs. O’Neil dodged the question again: “Well, I’m not going to comment on the details of the case.”
