Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I am not sure what the minister meant at the end of her answer. She seemed to imply one option and then another option. It did not seem to be clear what she was actually saying. What policy would apply if a boat were to land on mainland Australia today? If she could be clear about that, I would appreciate it. Given that the amendments have been distributed today, do we take it to mean that those amendments proposed to the current act are today’s policy? Given the total disarray of the government on this issue, does the minister agree with the view of the member for Canning, Don Randall, that the immigration policy is subject to the control or veto by backbenchers whom he describes as ‘heretics and anarchists’?