Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Point No. 2: the government, the Australian people and the opposition have now received this report of three eminent Australians. I would recommend that many members of the opposition who are catcalling now actually spend the time to read the report. It is apparent from their interjections that they have not done so and that they do not understand. I hope that no-one is interjecting with disrespectful comments about the work of the panel. The work of the panel is high-quality work. It is a set of recommendations that the panel itself says are an integrated package. The panel itself says the recommendations needed to be put together as a whole. The panel itself recommends a new approach to offshore processing. These are Australians to be respected, and what is also to be respected is the desire of the Australian people to see the politics end and the action begin so we are saving lives at sea. I would urge the opposition to consider that seriously and with generosity.

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