Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

It is clearly time now for Mr Abbott to pick up the phone, talk to the Prime Minister and put in place a solution that will deter the boats and make sure that people do not risk their lives on unsafe boats. More importantly, you can hang up on Nauru and you can hang up on your tired policies that do not work, but in fact you would be far better placed to say no to some of the baggage of your past, say no to those policies— (Time expired)