Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you Mr President. The opposition might believe that the facts are not relevant. I understand that that is their position. But responsible parliamentarians know that the facts are relevant and the facts of this are that naval and customs personnel have advised about the dangers of your policy and Indonesia has said that they will not accept boats being turned back. All you are peddling is a lie and a slogan in the face of what is a difficult public policy question, about which you only want to play politics.