Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

I will reiterate my previous answer: we would not be facing this problem if the opposition supported the government's proposed legislation for offshore processing. Any series of complaints, either contrived or genuinely concerning to the states about bridging visas and young males coming out of detention, are based on the fact that senators opposite and the opposition are responsible for that. If they supported our Malaysia arrangement, which I understand they have had plenty of opportunities to do, we would not be in this situation. They cannot play both sides of the argument and do this crab walk—on the one hand criticising us for the numbers and on the other hand not supporting the legislation that allows offshore processing. It is duplicitous, it is misleading, and it is typical of an opposition that always says 'no'.