Richard Marles addresses legislation on detainees

We are moving forward in relation to the lodgement of those applications. But again, Greg, you know that that was a regime based on similar provisions that were put in place under the former coalition government. Now when you look at the length of time it took for the former coalition government to put in place preventative detention orders to even seek their applications, you know that that it it took a very long time, much longer than as occurred between when the legislation passed the Parliament and and this date today. So we are working on this as expeditiously as we can on the basis of a model which was suggested by the Coalition, which they themselves operated and operated much more slowly than what is going on right now. Alright, it’s 4 1/2 months is is a long period of time. Sorry to interrupt it. 4 1/2 period? Yeah, and months is a long period of time. It is arguable and I’m not sure it has been argued in the court, but it’s arguable that on the timeline of events there in Perth, if APDO had been applied to Dukashan, he may not have been in a position to commit the crime that he’s alleged to have committed here. Well, I mean, that’s total conjecture. They’re they’re the the, the process by which one puts in place orders of this kind is a very significant. You are talking about you know, putting somebody into custody not based on what they’ve done but what they might do. So unsurprisingly there is a very high standard which needs to be met here in terms of submissions that are made when you look at what the coalition did when they had this in place, it the the period of time that it took to even make an application. Was far longer than what we’re talking about between when this legislation passed the Parliament and and today.