House debates
Tuesday, 18 June 2013
Questions without Notice
Asylum Seekers
2:47 pm
Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with the Daily Telegraph today describing former Prime Minister Rudd as the 'master and commander' of the influx of boat arrivals under the Labor government? If not, does she accept responsibility for the change to our border protection policies that has resulted in more than 44,000 illegal arrivals by boat since 2008 on her watch?
2:48 pm
Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I thank the member for his question. I very rarely find myself in agreement with the Daily Telegraph and I did not today either.