Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business) Share this | Hansard source

It is those who do not believe that a fundamental responsibility of government is to ensure the security of the nation, and we absolutely know that the Greens advocate for the come-on-down policy—'Come on down to Australia.' And they are encouraged by the Labor Party. A Labor-Greens alliance yet again will be the greatest threat to border security and, ultimately, keeping Australians safe. If Labor are ever elected to office again, what we will see is history repeat itself. The last time Labor and the Greens were in government, it actually cost the taxpayer in excess of $11 billion as a result of the policies that they implemented. Labor can pretend all they like, but they are on a unity ticket when it comes to border protection. But when they are in office, they capitulate to the Greens, and what we see is a complete outsourcing of border protection to the people smugglers endangering border security.