Senate debates

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Questions without Notice

Asylum Seekers

2:37 pm

Photo of Nigel ScullionNigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I, probably like the rest of Australia, did not find any clarity in the last answer. Why is the minister so determined to deny the patently obvious and refuse to admit that those from the Oceanic Viking have been guaranteed support and time lines that have not been and cannot be guaranteed to any other asylum seeker anywhere in the world, including the 255 Sri Lankans picked up at the request of the Prime Minister?

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