Urgent detainee bill rejected is a ‘huge embarrassment’ for Labor

Sky News host James Morrow says Labor is “trying to blame the Opposition” for “playing politics” after rejecting the rushed detainee bill. The Albanese government was seeking support on amendments which would impose a minimum one-year sentence for detainees who refuse to cooperate with authorities. The Opposition and Greens in the Senate rejected the government’s urgency with the bill and referred the laws to a parliamentary inquiry for scrutiny. Mr Morrow told Sky News host Peta Credlin that it is a “huge embarrassment” for Labor to have the Coalition team up with the Greens and crossbenchers. “There are so many questions that are left unanswered about this legislation.”