Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

As I was stating, the detention network was costing less than $100 million a year, but as a result of policies that you supported, Senator McKim, when Senator Hanson-Young was the relevant shadow minister—let me assure you that you are responsible for what has occurred leading up to today's settlement. You come in here full of fake rage. You come in here talking about people who have lost their lives. Well, under policies that Senator McKim supported, thousands of people lost their lives. You are directly responsible—through you, Mr President—for thousands and thousands of children risking their lives on boats and ending up behind bars. So please do not come in here with your fake rage and your sense of moral superiority when you yourself and the Australian Greens are responsible for what occurred.

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