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

We know they oppose temporary protection visas and we know they want to give them permanent visas, but we also know that they oppose turn backs. I saw the other day that the shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection said:

The policy of turn backs obviously has had an effect.

Really, Sherlock? Did you work that out! Even still, there has been just one vessel this year and they still cannot support turn backs. You get an absolute cricket noise every time we talk about turn backs.

We know that Kevin Rudd said before the 2007 election, 'I will turn boats back.' That lasted about a week! We know that if those opposite were to occupy these benches, the boats would come back. That is because the weak policies of those who sit opposite would come back with them.

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