Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

What we do know, though, is this: if we are to measure the border protection strengths of a government by arrivals, the Howard government was the weakest government in 30 years. If we are to measure border protection based on arrivals, the Howard government had the worst record of any government in 30 years. It is something that is very hard for the former minister and the shadow minister to swallow, but that is the reality.

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