Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Gilmore for her question. It is a very important question, because, as all Australians know, we must protect our borders. If we do not have integrity at the Australian borders, then we cannot provide assurances to the Australian people about their security. During Labor's seven years in government, they completely and utterly lost control of our borders. Fifty thousand people and 800 boats came during Labor's period in government. And not only that but Labor ripped out over $700 million—

Mr Champion interjecting—

from the Australian Customs Service—

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