Anna Turley: “What we’ve seen is spilling over into violence, which is just not acceptable.”

We’re sending a message that if you think you can come to this country and work illegally and disappear off the books, then our immigration enforcement service will find you [and] will arrest you.

The priority is to ensure we look after asylum seekers in a secure place that is more appropriate and we limit the impact on communities.

This morning I went down to South Bank to lay flowers and pay my respects, on behalf of our whole community, to the seven people whose lives were so tragically cut short yesterday.

I think he is very authentic. That’s who he is and I think people want to see a politician who is who they are.