Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for Barton for his contribution and recognise his longstanding service to his local community as a local mayor and a very successful small business person, as well as the great contribution he makes in this place. He talked about a very important issue, and that is the standing up of the Australian Border Force from 1 July. I want to say congratulations to Roman Quaedvlieg, the commissioner-in-waiting. He is an outstanding public servant and a man who has given effectively his whole working life to the betterment of our community. He is going to be a fantastic appointment to that position. I want to say thank you very much to him and his team and to the secretary, Michael Pezzullo, as well as all of the senior management team, for the work that they have done in preparation for the standing up of the Australian Border Force. It will be a watershed moment in the history of border protection in this country and we are very happy to provide funding for it through this budget.

Proposed expenditure agreed to.

Debate adjourned.

Federation Chamber adjourned at 21:00

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