Amanda Vanstone (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The question went quite specifically to our border protection policies and our relationship with Indonesia. That is the nub of this question, and it is therefore relevant that the Leader of the Opposition said in 2001:

Australia can only stop the flood of boats by fixing our relationship with Indonesia. A real solution must be found in Jakarta.

Here is another example of something you said that you now do not want to say. It does not suit Labor now. This is the problem with Mr Beazley. The Australian public know that John Howard says what he means and sticks to what he says and that they can trust what he says. They know that, time and time again, Mr Beazley says one thing and then a few months later or a few years later says another.