Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Madigan for his supplementary question. I advise the Senate as follows. Individuals whose bridging visas have expired, who Senator Madigan has referred to, still receive support payments through the CAS and ASAS programs. These programs would cover medical expenses to the same level as Medicare. I also advise the Senate that, in relation to the cohort that Senator Madigan is referring to, it should be remembered that it is the cohort of 33,000 people that the former government—in conjunction with its then alliance partners, the Greens—allowed into Australia illegally and quite literally dumped into the community without processing their claims. This government now has the job of cleaning up the mess caused by—