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

Members opposite truly believe by these questions that it is somehow right and acceptable to have an inquiry into children in immigration detention when the numbers are under 200, but it was somehow an evil political witch-hunt—these frauds, these hypocrites, think it was an evil political witch-hunt to have an inquiry into children in immigration detention when their policies resulted in hundreds and hundreds of deaths at sea, presumably including children dying at sea. But now it is somehow alright.

Obviously, we question the competence and the judgement of the President of the Human Rights Commission; she somehow thought, after discussions with ministers in the former government, that it was too political to have an inquiry—when this was a real problem.

Mr Champion interjecting—

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