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

I feel the weight of your expectation, Mr Speaker. I'll make this very important point: the policies on border protection of the Morrison government are not only well-known but well liked by the Australian people, because they backed them again at the last election. I tell you what else is well-known: the border protection policies of the Howard government were well-known and well liked. It's important to point out, as part of this debate, not only our position but the position of those opposite because their policies on border protection are also well-known, not so well liked. The Australian public made a judgement about Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard—that they were a disaster when it came to border protection policies. They put people on Manus and Nauru, people drowned at sea, kids were in detention, it was a huge failure and the chaos was unbelievable. It's strange that the Leader of the Opposition has continued exactly the same bad policy as that of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, so you can understand it is not very well liked. Who in this parliament would offer up policies that are not well liked? KK is the answer—Senator Keneally. Senator Keneally has presided over policies not even known to many of those on the front bench.

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