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

Again, Senator McKim, that is your version of history. This government and this minister remain committed to supporting Papua New Guinea to close the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre by 31 October 2017. In fact the minister himself was recently in Papua New Guinea with Prime Minister O'Neill and Papua New Guinea's Minister for Immigration and Border Protection on Friday, 1 September 2017. Both sides acknowledged the requirement for continued close cooperation on implementation of the regional resettlement arrangement and discussed plans for the Manus Island RPC closure. I am very sorry to disappoint you with the answer.