George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Carr, I have to admire your chutzpah raising the subject of people smuggling in this chamber, when you were a member of a government that lost control of our borders. You sat around a cabinet table that made decisions that sent 1,100 or more people to their deaths; you sat around a cabinet table and made decisions that saw people smugglers put back into business in Indonesia; you sat around a cabinet table which saw decisions that resulted in more than 800 boats—more than 50,000 people—arrive on our shores. This government, the Abbott government, has stopped the problem you created, and we make no apologies for our success.