Sean Edwards (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to support my colleague Senators Cash and Johnston in this most important matter for the public—that is, the failure of the Gillard government to stop the boats and secure Australia's borders. Senator Crossin, I know that you are a good person but, somewhere along the line, you must have done something wrong to have caught that ball today. You did not really need 15 minutes to talk about the coalition's three-pronged border protection policy because it is well known.

But I would congratulate you, Senator Crossin, because at about the nine-minute mark of your 15-minute dissertation you did admit what we already know—and I will quote you—'We now no longer know what the Labor Party policy is.'