Teenagers rescued after writing ‘HELP’ in sand; WA to seize firearms of domestic violence accused – as it happened
Premier Roger Cook said the update was part of a wider plan to toughen the state's firearm laws
The Coalition has questioned why the government is using drones to monitor people released from immigration detention.
Cabinet minister Murray Watt confirmed on Insiders earlier that drones are being used as part of this operation, but more in the sense of monitoring the accommodation that people are living in, in for example ensuring that it's not too close to schools or other areas that they're not supposed to be living close to."
There's a couple of issues here. One, either Andrew Giles accidentally and casually disclosed a previously secret drone surveillance program operating domestically in Australia in a Sky News interview with your colleague Kieran Gilbert. Or he made it up and it's not actually happening at all.
And in a fresh statement provided by the Department of Home Affairs to SBS, I understand yesterday afternoon, they refer to using aerial surveillance to look at people's locations and other buildings in the area.
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