All those people sitting at that table should be investigated for treason.

What is the point of a senate committee if the senate members cannot question witnesses without the minister and chair interrupting. I applaud you senator for keeping your composure. I think I would have been flipping tables.

Waffling poppycock, outrageous. The Chair is outrageous in her interruptions and very, very rude to Senator Paterson. There was no answer! Thankyou Senator Paterson for your amazing persistence.

The Chair should be sacked! HER behavior is outrageous. It’s the job of the chair to ensure that questions (especially those asked with PLENTY OF NOTICE), should be ANSWERED IN FULL AS ASKED! And not the bureaucratic waffling and constantly interrupting and DISRESPECTFUL CHAIR WHO CANT EVEN DO HER JOB! Her job is to SHUT UP and let the questioner ask their questions and hold the government officials ACCOUNTABLE for their work (or lack thereof). The Chair does NOT get to interrupt or challenge the questioner (who asked all of his questions respectfully and patiently) just because the Chair doesn’t like the NATURE of the question and the potential of the answer to embarrass the government for covering up their ineptitude or corruption or inaction - THAT is the whole purpose of the bloody committee! To hold the government ACCOUNTABLE and question their actions/inactions and this Chair CLEARLY is biased, obfuscating and participating in any cover up if she does not insist and/or sanction those on the government’s side from answering the questions AS ASKED AND ONLY AS ASKED and IN FULL! The Chair is clearly incompetent at her job and/or involved in this COVERUP. WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND TO KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT CRIMINALS ROAMING OUR COUNTRY UNSUPERVISED! SACK THE CHAIR AND THAT COMMISSIONER!

Overpaid, over-educated & under-worked Public servants....

Well done Senator Paterson. Can't answer questions with written notice? Outrageous!!! We are run by clowns. Embarrassing. Australia - You get the leaders you deserve!

Senator James Paterson having to stand up alone against a lineup of bloody liars. Why is the senator not allowed to interject while it seems to be acceptable for the chair and others to interrupt him? I call BS!

Good to see you standing up for our public interest senator Paterson. We truly appreciate your effort

Such awful people. Thankyou for being the adult in the room Senator Patterson.

Senator Paterson is "The Man"...Thank you for not taking the S***T from these dim wits ... Australia needs you my friend !!

Well said Senator Paterson!!! You stood your ground! It is so very obvious the whole situation is a cover-up! The australian people are very awake to what is going on. We just witnessed the most outrageous & blatent bias!

Such awful people. Thanks James Paterson. The Chair should be fired!

Dont back down Sen Paterson! You are 100% correct! They are dancing around the BS tree!

It’s incredibly obvious that this is a coverup. I am utterly disgusted by the minister and chairman and I am sick to death of these arrogant PUBLIC SERVANTS.

They had over a week to come up with very simple data. They failed. They’re incompetent or corrupt. They can choose.

And the poor commissioner feels uncomfortable... Since when did feelings enter political hearings?

As a former bureaucrat, this looks like a cover up to protect the government failure.

Keep it up Senator This country needs people like you I apologise for the disrespect that you seem to continuously receive. The standing of your office alone should see you being given clear answers to your questions, let alone the respect you have personally earned by your integrity!

Tired of unelected unaccountable bureaucrats ignoring questions and clearly obfuscating the subject. They forget WHO PAYS THEIR WAY!!!

well done senator Paterson! These people should step down. They all show their non caring safety of the Australian people! I am disgusted!! We pay thier wages Australia!!

These bureaucrats need to be sacked asap.They are incompetent and a disgrace to the Australian people. The chairperson is very rude and arrogant.

The police are more concerned with the privacy of murder3rs and r@pists than the public's safety or answering questions.This IS a cover up! Thank you, Senator Paterson🙏

This is unacceptable. They don't care about the safety of the community. Enough already. The chairperson is clearly biased. How hard is it to count up crimes previously committed.

Just great. We need more like James Patterson.These public servants need holding to account.Im glad he didn't withdraw his question /statement.The same public servants probably weren't held to account with the last government..As for the Chairmen what a joke.We need answers and we are not getting them.Wake up Australia this rot goes on everyday wasting the senate's time and out money..Go your hardest Senator Patterson

Commissioner Outram should be sacked!! What ineptitude!! He is a waffler!! He has more concern for the criminal illegal immigrants than for the Australian communities in which these convicted criminals are roaming free!! Thank you Senator Patterson for pointing out that his verbiage was NOT the answer to your question. Shame on that Chair! Shame on that Minister!! No wonder we’re in the mess we’re in!!

Thank you Senator Paterson for standing up for Australias best interests. Im glad you didnt withdraw you question.

Thank you Senator. Next time ask, who is responsible for the crimes committed by the released asylum seekers on Australians? Then ask, who's responsible for tracking them? Then ask, will they directly explain to the victims giving the same response they give you? If not they are not fit nor capable of protecting Australians and must be replaced. The chair as well. She's a piece of work isn't she.

So sick of these arrogant, dishonest, conniving pos. Thank you Senator Paterson for standing up and seeking truth from these corrupt, immorals.

Senator Paterson is on point! When these officials take things on notice they are hiding something. No wonder the public has lost trust in them. Go Senator, stand your ground! We, the people support you.

They dont appear to care about the Australian public or do their jobs! What a circus

The lack of quality in the various public services is on a par to the failing state of society. Senator Patterson is exposing again what’s wrong with Australia’s leadership.

My blood is boiling over...... what a crock! Well done Senator Paterson keep this up.

Wow Who is SHE?. ARROGANT and DOESNT Know the POINT of Senate Estimates.

These committees have the worst, enabling chairs.

Excellent Mr Patterson , they gave you nothing .Any body with an once of common sense can see through these clowns

Public servants? More like public disgrace. This chair is clearly obstructing questions and needs to be sacked asap.

The crims are getting free rent, housing, food, yet no one else gets help

As usual, every hearing, never an answer, always deflection, and we still got to pay for it all. I agree, it does look very suspect.

Very disappointed that Sen Patterson did not get the respect & support he is due. The minister should be ashamed of himself as he is NOT looking after the best interests of the people who voted him into office.

These public servants are so corrupt, they all need to go. Who elected these bureaucrats in anyway. Disclosure and honesty has left the country......they work for corporations not us.

THIS is CRIMINAL.

Senator Paterson has to be the best performing politician since the voice referendum.

That was absolutely phenomenal - Keep it up Senator, you're doing the work of the silent, QUIET and unheard majority - Kudos to you and your team;

James Patterson......a true liberal statesman now and in the future. There is hope for Australia knowing we have someone who will hold incompetent agencies and the Labour Govt to account!

Unfortunately for Australia the chairperson is grandstanding to her peers more than seeking the efficient running of her committee. DEI isn't working...

Smells like an arse covering operation

So the senator can't interrupt anyone, but they can all interrupt and talk over him?🎉😂

That chair is an absolute shocker. Partisan as hell.

Without people like Senator J.P. we are all stuffed. Even with his persistence, the questions are STILL not being answered. "it looks like a cover up", was what he said and did not say, it IS a cover up. It not only looks like a cover up, but the facts support a cover up for another monumental stuff up

These people are covering up. Public Servants like this bunch are anything but transparent.Period! Just answer Senator Patterson's questions,instead of "beating around the bush"

Thankyou Senator for your service to the people who just want to hear the truth.

YOUR PAID JOB is to protect private, tax paying citizens, with the exception of Senator Patterson, all of your employment is terminated!!!

yes i can feel a coverup coming on...SEN..PATERSON QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED

This incompetence wouldn’t happen in Russia and those criminals would be locked up. Good work Senator. Keep riding them. Murray Watt is a useless windbag.

Thank you Senator Paterson for standing up so well to this bunch of, really criminal pack of swamp creatures. Outran and The Chair are disgusting. They really cannot bare to be asked questions can they. All the bullies come out to help protect each other.

Thank you, senator Paterson, for your persistence and determination on behalf of the Australian people.

Thank you Senator Paterson for your effort and time to stand up for all Australians peoples.!°❤🙏

Senator Patterson, You have my support. I take exception to the Chair and the lack of cooperation from Border Force. It's the second time I've watched your address with Border Force and can't believe the smudging by the Chair Person and these officials from AFP Border Force. Disrespectful to respond to the Senator.

Thank you for firmly standing your ground. Those people are all absolutely shameful and I hope they'll all be voted out before its too late. Keep up the good work and God bless you, Senator Patterson.

Australian politics looks absolutely insufferable and corrupt. I'm so glad I don't live there.

I'm watching this and I consider every person who is called to respond pathetic and cowardly and remind them that they work for the tax payer and they are required and responsile to provide answers.

Thank you Senator Paterson. This is unconscionable. Public servants are guilty by commission or by omission. And the Chair needs to be censored for their constant interjection. Every time you get within coo-ee of the truth the Chair interrupts. This has been going on far too long. 🙏

I say time and time again, thank goodness for people like Senator Patterson and a few others that we have. The chair and watts are pains in the butt and really hate anyone questioning anyone.

I’m appalled at the lack of duty of care and due diligence of our public servants. It’s an absolute disgrace. Australians are expected to make sufficient and full response government departments when asked. Why isn’t this reciprocal?

you are right Senator James Paterson thank you mate 👍👍

What has Australia come to? These public servants can't give an honest simple answer to straightforward questions. This buck-passing over and over should be regarded as criminal negligence of their duties. I'm appalled at and disgusted by the evasiveness and unprofessional conduct shown to Senator Paterson, who appears to be the only decent individual in that room. I applaud his integrity.

Thank you Senator Paterson for holding these bureaucrats accountable. They've operated in a vacuum of accountability, until now. Commissioner Outran should do the honourable thing and resign. The level of contempt he holds for the Australian citizenry is disgraceful. Siding with the criminals, not showing concern for the general public.

Another new favourite Senator, great work, keep the pressure on. Wish I could stay that calm and focused like him when he is clearly dealing with incompetent people (including the chair)

What an arrogant and disrespectful chairperson! She needs to grow up and become an adult.

They can't seriously be concerned about protecting the privacy of sex offenders and murderers, above the safety of Australian citizens. This government will not achieve a second term.

Sir Humphrie would be most pleased with this lot of self important, overpaid bureaucrats.

They had a week to get the answer ready ! What do they do during all that time ? Instead we get this word salad from the government? what are they hiding ? Thank you Senator for doing a good job. You are the only one in that room...

150 people and they can't put them in a spreadsheet and have the answers in under an hour? Our government is totally useless.

The chair is corrupt, she must be removed.

I just watched 12 minutes of shameless filibustering allowed and ultimately assisted by the chair, who is clearly allowing her personal opinions and biases to dictate her conduct. He asked ONE QUESTION. And one that he gave notice for and as he said, is CLEARLY in the public interest. I would like to know the answer, very much!!! To me, this was blatant obstruction and he is absolutely correct, it does look like a cover-up.

Thank you Senator Paterson . Please keep up the great job. These people are clearly undermining Australian people’s best interests

If it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck, it's a duck. This bullshit wouldn't pass the pub test.

It's either a cover-up or incompetence, neither looks good. Thank you Senator for having our best interests at heart and being one of the very few people who seem to care. Don't let this go, we need to get to the bottom of this.

Pink jacket NEEDS TO GO!!! How do we get these people out????? She is disgraceful and appalling. What’s her name and that other minister bs?

So much tax paid all my life and look at the state of us. I'm done. I don't believe incompetence any more.

Well there's a lot of seat squirming going on in this one. Cover up it is. Thanks Senator.

Imagine these people running their own business. The one thing they need to know they don't. "Sorry i sell tyres, but i dont know if ive got any tyres to sell, can i come back to you next week and let you know..."

Total cover up, they don't care. Thank you Senator for your work in trying to help keep these "public servants" accountable.

They don't consider the public interest, only their Hump Days and Super. I don't think they are aware that Senator Paterson represents the people. Fabulous to see you stick to the point and not withdraw.

Some public servants it seems have forgotten that their job isn't to protect and further UN/WEF agendas, but to SERVE THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS AND THE TAXPAYER!!

Excellent work as usual Senator Paterson! As for the "served both sides of politics" comment, two wings of the same bird is what the Australian public is working out now.

Refusing to provide is seen as Refusing to provide

What a hopeless Chair.Watts is no better.

The corruption is breathtaking. Thanks Senator.

The Chair is an absolute joke. Thank you Senator Paterson, keep up the good politics!

The chair is unaware of her role to ensure the meeting is run efficiently, she takes no charge of the responsibility of those who serve the public unwilling to answer questions that are to the point of national safety and community safety. She obviously is not up to the job of chair, her only reponse was ad hominen.

Senator Patterson thankyou sir! You are absolutely correct, these people hate being caught

That chairperson is useless, I can't believe that taxpayers are paying those public servants,

Senator Paterson thankyou for having the care to protect the public.❤️

The chair is out of order

What a Disgrace the behaviour by the Chair and the ABF Chief, privacy is just BS these are criminals!

Good work Senator Paterson. FIRSTLY, these officials MUST answer the questions and second, why are they letting any criminals out at all. Send the criminals back to where they came from and do it quickly. @ 9:11 he said he was uncomfortable answering, The public (your bosses) are NOT interested in weather or not these questions make the Commissioner or any other official uncomfortable, do you jobs and answer the questions.

This makes my blood boil labor and the greens must go

The bias of the chair is evident! Disgraceful conduct by the minister, Outram is useless!

So well spoken Senator Patterson and all they did was waffle about with no answers. The chair woman was out of line continually trying to shut you down all the time too.