Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

I completely stand by the Prime Minister’s statements and my statements. The situation remains as the Prime Minister and I have consistently said. The department of immigration undertook contingency planning across a range of options at a range of centres. The situation is completely as the Prime Minister and I have repeated in the House and outside the House consistently since 17 September and before.

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