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

The government later today will seek to introduce amendments that will enable us to commence processing on Nauru and on PNG in the form recommended in this report. There have been good faith discussions between the government and the opposition about these amendments today and I welcome that. It is time to get this done. That is what the Australian nation wants to see.

On the Leader of the Opposition's question, he would be well aware that this report does not endorse temporary protection visas, that this report says it is not possible to turn boats back in current circumstances. Consequently, because those policies have been rejected by this report, they will not be enacted by the government. We will be guided by this report. We have in principle endorsed each and every recommendation in it and we are determined to get on with the job.

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