Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I'm not sure whether he knows anything about this backgrounding. He can make his own comments. Mr Campbell goes on to say:

It's all very odd. Especially as there is a huge question over the sincerity of her own boss's views on border protection.

It caused me to go back to have a look at the Leader of the Opposition's comments and his flip-flop positions when it comes to border protection. It was only back in 2013 that he said these very powerful words:

And the message is very clear: if you come to Australia by boat without a visa, you will not be settled in Australia.

He went on to say:

What that does is it breaks the model. That’s what we need to do.

That was from the Leader of the Opposition in July 2013. Fast forward two years and he says this:

I couldn't ask someone else to do something I couldn't see myself doing and if people were in a boat, including families and children, I myself couldn't turn that around.

That was when he was showing his compassionate side. So, he's got many sides, many faces, and if he doesn't know what he believes in himself, the Australian public shouldn't believe— (Time expired)

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