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

The government has returned about 1,000 people to Sri Lanka since 13 August. That is many more than the Howard government ever did in as short a period of time. This is part of the way in which the government is addressing asylum seeker issues. Consequently the member, rather than waving around pieces of paper, may want to deal credibly with the facts in this debate.

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