Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Obviously the day-to-day and weekly operational features of any of the vessels that we have in our northern waters are not in the budget, Senator Abetz. What an absurd interjection. As if the budget papers include that level of detail. What I have indicated, in accordance with the May budget that was handed down, is the broad operational availability and not the day-to-day sailing schedules of vessels. How silly can the opposition get in asking for details like that? I think that the issues that Senator Colbeck has quite legitimately raised—issues of border security, including fishing security—do deserve a greater level of seriousness than the opposition, particularly Senator Abetz, have displayed— (Time expired)