Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. He of course, in referring to the last 10 years, ignored the fact that during this thing called the pandemic—you'd remember that—the borders were closed, so no-one was coming in. They missed that, Mr Speaker—no-one was coming in. And then, when the pandemic ended, their leadership, including the Leader of the Opposition, called for more migration, not less. They called for more, not less. We are, of course, cleaning up the mess that was left because they left a system whereby students could just come in willy-nilly without any proper—

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