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

I thank the honourable member for his question. It is the case that this government have worked day and night to keep our borders secure. We've sought to clean up Labor's mess, and we really regret the fact that Labor is still proposing a policy which would allow the boats to recommence, allow the deaths at sea, sadly, to recommence and allow detention centres—we've closed 17 of them—to reopen.

I want to mention a name that my colleagues won't be familiar with. It's the member for Blair. You may not have heard of him. You've certainly not heard from him, but he has been the shadow immigration minister now for 750 days.

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