Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

All the evidence shows that it did not provide an effective deterrent. That is why we need a regional solution. We take our advice from the same people who advised the previous government. They have advised us that what we need at the moment to break the people smugglers' model is a regional solution, and we want to proceed—and are determined to do so. That is why those people opposite should put the national interest first and join with us in supporting a regional solution.

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