John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Evans. I refer the minister to an interview on The 7.30 Report on 8 June with an asylum seeker in Indonesia who said in broken English:

Maybe Labor Party will win. They are accepted asylum seekers. I know about it … The Labor Party will win election. God willing, they will win election because we are prey for Labor Party.

Would the minister agree that the Rudd government’s policies have created the perception that Australia now has an open-door policy on boat arrivals?