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

(Lalor—Prime Minister) (15:01): To the member who asked the question: I answered this question on a number of occasions last week. We have designed the arrangement with Malaysia because we have been advised it has the maximum deterrence effect; that is, it sends a very clear message to people smugglers and to the people that are preyed on by people smugglers that they can spend all of their money—their money gets taken away by a people smuggler—and they do not end up in Australia being processed for resettlement in Australia. We have the clearest possible advice that this sends the strongest deterrence message possible. So in designing—

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