Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Once again we have unnamed sources reported by the ABC. I personally have been the target of those sorts of reports, which are not founded in fact in any way, shape or form. What I would say to the honourable senator is, 'Don't believe everything you might hear on the airways on the ABC.' I can assure the honourable senator and the Australian people that the intake that we have into this country—keeping in mind that it is the most generous in the world—is based on need. That should be the criteria—