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

Mr President, I have a supplementary question. I again refer the minister to her comments in question time yesterday that:

The combination of an increased refugee intake from offshore and no advantage for those who arrive by boat removes the attractiveness of attempting the expensive and dangerous boat journey to Australia.

Given that under the Labor government the boats are continuing to arrive, will the minister admit that the only way to remove the incentive for people to get onto leaky boats is for the government to follow through with its hollow threats to send all of those who seek to come to Australia on illegal boats after 13 August to Nauru, to restore temporary protection visas and to turn the boats around where it is safe to do so?