Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles dodge the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees

A key part of the Albanese government's political strategy is to fill the news cycle with its presence and messaging. Ministers are deployed to the maximum, even when they've little to say.

The ministers' excuse for their reticence doesn't wash, because the matter goes to wider issues around inadequacies in how these detainees, including Doukoshkan, have been handled.It is not as though we're dealing just with history. Given what's happened so far with this cohort, it's possible – even likely – there will be future incidents .On figures from early February, revealed in Senate estimates, some 18 had been charged with state or territory offences.

Pushed for an explanation on this on Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the ABC: "Well, the Community Protection Board is, of course, a board that's independent of politicians." The Albanese government rushed through legislation to give it the power to apply to a court to preventatively detain these people if they were judged at a high risk of committing serious, violent or sexual crimes.

The legislation targets non-citizens who refuse to cooperate with their removal. They'd face a mandatory year's jail, with a maximum of five years.

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