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

I would just like the minister to clarify the costs of the increased resettlement numbers. Minister Morrison is on the record saying that increasing the humanitarian intake to 20,000 would cost $3 billion over the forward estimates. That is the previous position of the minister, and the argument he has put as to why he could not entertain increasing the humanitarian intake is that it is going to cost $3 billion. I would like to know from Minister Cash where the budget figures are on this and where the $3 billion is going to come from.