Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

On the question of treatment of children, this government has a record of ensuring that children of asylum seekers in this country are treated better than they were by the government that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was a cabinet minister of. So let us not make any assumptions about treatment of children and who understands the needs of children best; let us just look to comparative track records—ours versus yours—and I will highlight ours in comparison with yours any day of the week.

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