Luke Howarth (Petrie, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Every single one of those opposite, including the members for Sydney and Jagajaga, made the chaos when they weakened our border protection laws that John Howard had in place. What was the result? Fifty thousand people came on 800 boats, 2,000 children were in detention when I was elected in 2013, and 1,200 people drowned at sea. No, we will not go back there. Australians want sovereign borders. We know that Labor are weak on border protection. Every single person throughout the Petrie electorate and right around this nation will know, at the 2019 election, to put Labor last if they want Australia's borders to remain sovereign. (Time expired)

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