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

Senator, you may be one of the few people in Australia that do not think Australia should always be looking at what its energy opportunities are for the future. You may be one of the few people that wants to stay like a dinosaur in the past and you may be one of the few people who cannot see the merit in a government quite sensibly, as this government always does, looking to Australia’s long-term national interest.

We will always look to Australia’s long-term national interest. We will not simply, on the basis of an idea we had in the past, refuse to look to the future. Of course we are looking. Of course we have asked for a report to be done. We have received that report and, of course, we will give it proper consideration. By your question, Senator, you confirm every reason why you lot should never be put back over here.