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

Yes, I can. We all know the Labor Party does not believe in controlling Australia's borders. It's in its DNA. Certainly, the Leader of the Opposition's hand-picked candidate for Bennelong, Kristina Keneally, is a strong advocate—quite proudly so—for weakening our nation's borders. Like the former Labor-Greens government, she would happily see the people smugglers put back in charge of our borders. In fact, she is actually on the record as saying this. In February 2015, Ms Keneally wrote an article for The Guardian, in which she stated:

Let’s stop kidding ourselves. People are not safer because our government stopped the boats.

Well, yes, they are, because 1,200 people died under the former Labor government's policies—1,200 people—when they attempted to come to Australia by boat. A vote for someone who believes in weakening our borders is a vote for chaos and a loss of control.