Stephen Parry (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—At the request of Senator Fierravanti-Wells, I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, she will move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the continued presence of pull factors as part of the problem Australia faces on the issue of illegal immigration;

(b)

notes and condemns the Government’s handling of the recent situation aboard the Oceanic Viking;

(c)

notes the special deal that was offered to those asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking was an inducement to disembark the ship; and

(d)

notes that the Rudd Labor Government has yet to come up with an effective solution to this situation.