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

The member backs in the point I was making in answer to the earlier question, which is that the government were well and truly prepared to compromise in the last parliamentary session in order to secure legislation so that we could commence offshore processing. We were prepared to compromise. That is the history of this matter, but I do not think the Australian people are interested in who said what. They are interested in action. They are interested in change. They are frustrated when they look and do not believe that the people in this parliament have been able to work together to get change.

The Australian government have been prepared to compromise, and we are prepared now to endorse in principle the full set of recommendations of the Houston report.

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