Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

drowning at sea and resulted in kids in detention. Today, under this government, over the last 12 months, there has been one boat, compared to 302 over 12 months under Labor. As of today, 114 children are held in detention in Australia, the number reducing every day, compared to 1,992 children in detention under Labor. Australians know that you cannot trust a government that loses control of its borders; and, if Labor were to be re-elected at the next election, that is exactly what would happen.

Now, what else have we done in this area? We have also put $630 million into a counter-terrorism response package, which includes $150 million for standing up 80 officer counter-terrorism units at airports across the country, $35 million for outward advance passenger processing, $50 million for outward departure gates and almost $14 million to expand our global airline liaison officer network.

We are serious about making sure that we keep the boats stopped. We are certain, absolutely certain, that we will keep the Australian people safe. You cannot trust Labor when it comes to border protection.

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