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

As I said in question time, if the opposition has really had a change of heart here—as I say, I accept and understand that political parties are entitled to change their point of view—it could move an amendment to the relevant 'turn back the boat' section of the Migration Act to say, 'You can only turn back the boats if they are going to end up in a signatory country.'

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