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

He's been the shadow minister for immigration for 120 question times. He's not asked one question on boats; nonetheless, I've got a bit of a soft spot for the member for Blair. I've got to say, I've just been advised that, after all this period of time, the member for Blair has asked for his first briefing on Operation Sovereign Borders from my department. I feel almost like a proud father. You know when your child takes a first step, or a milestone? He's not yet speaking; he's a little slow at speaking, but he has taken one baby step. It's too little too late, I fear, because he's out there, he's already announced the policy, not having been properly briefed, he's provided advice about how they'll change the policy, how they'll water down our policy and how they'll allow the boats to get back into business—and now he asks for a briefing on how we've stopped the boats!

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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