Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question, and I say to her, and to all members, that we are getting on with the job of fixing a system that was fundamentally broken by those opposite. And we see that in all of the issues that the member raised. But what is concerning to me is that the member opposite and many members opposite on the one hand talk about the need for skilled migration in their reasons, and on the other hand they come into this place and tell a different story.

What we should be entitled to expect is a bit of consistency, and that might start not just with the Leader of the Opposition, who should reflect on his deplorable record, but also with the shadow minister, who, when he was in government, said: 'Well, we need to get our international students back. We need to get our working-holiday visa holders back and get these people back as soon as we can.' They should reflect on their record, and they should get behind our work in fixing the system that they broke.

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