Philip Ruddock Quotations

Scott Parkin is effectively Australia's first genuine political prisoner

Security agencies are working closely with their overseas counterparts to try and find further information about it.

She had very little knowledge of what was happening around the village she was supposed to be living in, didn't know the currency used,

Mr Habib remains of interest in a security context because of his former associations and activities. Because of this interest, relevant agencies will undertake appropriate measures.

My concern about families is that I'm not yet satisfied that there are arrangements which would meet my principle objective, which is to have people available for processing and for removal if they're not refugees.

My understanding of the evidence is that some of the product had been actually purchased, others had been ordered, ... The intelligence assessment is that this was an enterprise designed to manufacture a very large quantity of explosives.

Neville Roach has undoubtedly been one of the staunchest advocates of a multicultural Australia,

I don't know that there is a role to look at departmental matters.

but that does not mean that the statements in it are anything more than rhetoric.

we can do our job, and that is to keep them out.

I would simply say that the issue of how the detention centers themselves are managed is not a matter (in which) treaties or any involvement of the UN is appropriate,

People are endeavoring to put us under duress, to coerce us to give them outcomes to which they are not entitled,

Removing those territories from the migration zone will mean that it will not be possible to make a valid application for a protection visa or temporary protection visa while in those areas.

Relevant agencies are currently assessing the statements made in the video but at this stage indications are that it is authentic,

It hasn't been influenced by me, my colleagues, or foreign government influence,

We need to reduce our reliance on older, less suitable facilities and focus on purpose-designed and built facilities which will enable us to better cater for those remaining in detention,

What it demonstrates to me is that we have been targeted in the past, we remain of interest to terrorist organizations. This may or may not be a real threat, it may well be a hoax but that matter has to be seriously examined.

expressed to me their thanks for the degree of access they received and the competency of our officers, who answered all of their questions and dealt with all of the issues they wanted to raise.

Every time someone who arrives illegally in Australia is granted refugee status, it means that a place is denied to someone often in more dire circumstances,

But one ought not to be I think blase about these matters, one can't assume that those that are left won't still have some residual capacity to continue,

The reason he's in custody is because his visa has been cancelled. The reason his visa has been cancelled is because he's received an adverse security assessment,

We will not succumb to any pressure in relation to people who have no entitlement to be released into the Australian community,

The United States government has now advised that it does not intend to bring charges against Mr. Habib,

These events started when people were endeavoring to place pressure on us in relation to those matters,

The terms of reference have been amended in accordance with Mr Cole's request that he be given until the end of June to deliver his report.

Detention policy is public policy in Australia which will not be unwound,

Any movement outside the perimeter of the house and yard will be accompanied by an officer,

ASIO is responsible for protecting the Australian community from all forms of politically motivated violence, including violent protest activity, and they've made an assessment in relation to those matters.

This doesn't mean we can relax but it is pleasing progress.

This is a matter in which one needs to deal with Mr Hicks fairly but one shouldn't see unreasonable delay in relation to getting on with the matter,

They take no action in relation to lawful protest activity but the assessment has been made in accordance with the provisions of the ASIO Act,

This morning ... some 70 to 80 detainees set fire to two recreational buildings, the dining room and an ablution block,

This is un-Australian and denies people a fair go,

It is unacceptable that people who are able to pay a people-smuggler and make their way through several countries where they may avail themselves of protection, are getting a more favorable outcome than people languishing in the most appalling circumstances in refugee camps around the world,

It's certainly the case that ASIO did not issue an adverse security assessment at the time of his (visa) application,

If the parliament is sitting it has to undertake business, that's not a question of picking and choosing,

If parents are behaving in ways which put the lives of children at risk then we have some responsibility to act,

In relation to offshore processing, it is in our interests to have people not reach Australia, and (processed) under rules that are not as relaxed as ours became while the courts were supervising judicially the decision making,

In return we will be sharing with Microsoft information about how the Australian government uses its products.

For only 3 per cent of people to complain that they have been affected by racism when something of the order of 48 per cent -- almost 50 per cent -- come from Asian, North African or Middle Eastern backgrounds, I think it evidences a society that is very accommodating,

The houses are all side-by-side and trial participants will be able to visit one another freely.

All of the measures that we are seeking to put in place are balanced and appropriate for the circumstances that we face, ... We're not targeting specific members of the community.