Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

That is a very interesting description, because the description has changed very considerably in one day. Today we had the Leader of the Opposition saying this:

If the medical treatment is required and it's delivered on Christmas Island and it makes people well, well that's fine.

So, in one day we've gone from 'ridiculous' to 'fine', 'unhinged' to 'fine', 'hysterical' to 'fine'. 'Nyah! That's okay. Let's do it there.'

Labor's offshore-onshore processing has to happen at Christmas Island because you have removed the discretion on the part of the minister to determine who is processed onshore. So people who are charged with serious criminal offences, people for whom we have not had enough time to do the assessment, have to be processed in a secure facility at great expense, which is money that could be spent on better things. (Time expired)

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