article_snippet: Delaying an inquiry into asylum-seeker children in detention until after Labor lost office could only be seen as protecting that side of politics, George Brandis said. '
article_snippet: The government wants to be free to set the definition without consulting Parliament after Bill 2014 bill becomes law.
article_snippet: In its review of Bill 2014 bill, Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee recommended that the definition be set in the legislation rather than decided by government through regulations.
article_snippet: The government could ignore the recommendations, but to do so would likely doom the legislation to rejection in the Senate, where the ruling conservative coalition does not hold a majority.