James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

'We do not want to talk about the 1,100 people who have perished at sea. No, we do not want to talk about that. No, we will not talk about that.' It is the silence of the lambs when it comes to talking about those 1,100 people. We do not care about those people! By stopping the boats, we are saving peoples' lives. Labor had over 11 failed approaches to border protection, which led to over 50,000 illegal arrivals on more than 800 boats. Illegal arrivals increased from two people per month in the last five years of the Howard government to more than 3,000 per month under the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd-Green government.