Concerns the proposed detainee reforms will enable people smugglers

The Department of Home Affairs concedes people smugglers may use the government’s proposed detainee reforms as a way of attracting new business. “There have been accusations from the government that the Opposition’s language around this debate may have been enabling people smugglers,” Sky News Political Reporter Cam Reddin said. “A concession and something of an acknowledgment of a broader problem too from the Home Affairs Department. “Some of the language and also potentially the new laws that the government is proposing on detainees may be captured by people smugglers and used as part of their marketing. “These are laws the government tried to rush through in the final sitting week before the break – it was unsuccessful there which has taken us to a committee today.”