Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I do thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question and I am very pleased to say to him that the government stands by all its policies. We stand by all our policies and the reason why we stand by all our policies is, while they have not finally worked, they certainly are working. Illegal arrivals by boat are down by more than 75 per cent in the first two months of this government as opposed to the last two months of the former government and, frankly, members opposite are just a little bit embarrassed about the sorry state to which they reduced our country's border protection.

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