The Home Affairs secretary says his department 'messed up' by accidentally allowing Australia's offshore processing policy to lapse.
abc.net.au/news/home-affairs-assured-no-sunset-nauru-offshore-processing/101966634The head of the Department of Home Affairs says it was to blame for a lapse in Australia's offshore asylum seeker processing policy, despite assuring multiple government ministers the legal instruments needed were in place.
But when it was first approved by parliament in 2012 it had a 10-year "sunset clause", meaning it needed to be renewed on October 1 last year to remain effective. "However it failed to adequately monitor, track and report on the instrument that designated Nauru as a regional processing country," he said.
"Separately the minister for immigration [Andrew Giles] … also sought advice on instruments sunsetting or expiring prior to this instrument expiring.'We messed up'
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