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

and the costs of sustaining Australian staff on Nauru. I direct him to the minister for immigration's costings.

I say to the member: the thing he will be required to exercise his vote on in this parliament is where I believe the Australian people are looking for us to act in the national interest. I know as soon as I say 'national interest' the opposition objects. I am not surprised by that.

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