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

Senator McKim, I am sorry: I am just not going to let you get away with continuing to utter falsehoods. You asserted in your question that the policies of this government have failed to deter people smugglers and failed to stop the boats. That is simply factually wrong. Since this government's policies came into effect after the election of the Abbott government in September of 2013, not a single asylum seeker vessel—