Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Given yesterday marked 10,000 people having arrived on illegal boats this year alone in Australia, does the minister stand by the statement he made on Q&A last night, in response to a question about dismantling the Pacific solution, that he was 'very proud of the decisions that he made as immigration minister'? Is the minister also proud of the fact that, following his decision to dismantle the successful Pacific solution, $5 billion of taxpayers' money has been wasted, 24,697 people have arrived on 422 boats and 704 verified deaths at sea have occurred since 2009?

Senator Cameron interjecting—