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

And that is exactly what this government has done and, as a result of this government stopping the boats, children are leaving immigration detention.

Under the policies of members opposite, when 50,000 people came illegally to this country by boat, at its peak there were almost 2,000 children in detention. At the time of the election, there were 1,400 children in detention. Professor Triggs did not have an inquiry into children in detention when there were 2,000 of them or when there were 1,400 of them.

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