Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. I refer the minister to the following comments by Premier Mike Rann this morning on Adelaide radio:

I got a phone call about an hour before the announcement was made by Julia Gillard essentially telling us what was going to happen. We want to know what it means in terms of the impact on the local community, the impact on police, teachers, schools and health facilities …

Does the minister believe that presiding over rushed decisions without consultation is any way to fix the mess that is the government’s border protection policy?

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