Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer that illegal arrivals by boat have increased from two people per month in 2007-08 to more than 2,000 per month this year. How can the Treasurer credibly assume in the budget that the number of arrivals will fall in 2013-14 by almost 40 per cent, compared with the current year, and that the cost of dealing with arrivals will fall by half over the forward estimates when there is no sign of a decline in illegal arrivals by boat under this government?

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