Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It is better to stop the boats than to start the boats, and because the president was incapable of understanding this, this government has lost confidence in the president of the Human Rights Commission. But this government has an abundance of confidence in the judgement and the competence and the integrity of the Attorney-General. On that note, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.

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