George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Is the minister aware that, according to the most recent information available from his department, at the end of May there were 3,733 people in detention? Is the minister also aware that since then over 501 more people have arrived illegally by boat, including another 53 only yesterday? Will the minister confirm that there are now more people detained under Labor’s failed border protection policies than at any time before?