Journalists will gain access to immigration detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island if Labor wins the election, but the federal government says the move would weaken Australia's border protection.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten told the ABC he would let reporters inspect the offshore camps.
"We want to see greater transparency, greater accountability wherever we can. These are tax-payers dollars are being spent and it's important that Australian tax-payers feel confident that they are being spent well." The Opposition's spokesperson for foreign affairs, Tanya Plibersek, says
Meanwhile The Coalition's Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says the government isn't in the business of sharing intelligence with people smugglers.
Mr Cormann told reporters he doesn't want to see the security of its offshore detention program jeopardised by this suggested Labor policy.
Afterwards, The Coalition government has accused Labor of being "tricky" in its promise to the media the party would give journalists access to immigration detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island, if elected.
"There is no policy of the Australian government that says journalists can't go to Nauru but as is the case for people coming to our country, we aren't going to be dictated to by other governments as to who comes to our country." Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says. He stated that the decision is not up to the Federal government.
