Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I will not take too much time. I just point out that the opposition should reread the refugee convention, because they are twisting this for all it is worth. The convention does not sanction the opposition's position on refugees or asylum seekers. Indeed, it does not condone the use of the legal terminology of 'illegal' when referring to asylum seekers. It would come as no surprise to the Australian people that the coalition have no concept of what is in the refugee convention.