Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Keneally, I think it is the height of cheek and hubris to talk about illegal arrivals to this country, because, as everybody in this chamber knows, it was those opposite who opened our borders and let people-smuggling rings right across our region bring 50,000 people into our country. It was you who opened all of the detention centres, offshore and onshore. And it was under your government, when last in government, 1,200 people died at the hands of people smugglers, so I have got to say it is the height of cheek and hubris and deception to try and draw that bow to this side of the government, because we are extremely proud of our record of fixing up your mess and stopping the deaths that you caused.