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

Incidentally, it is over 300 days now since there has been a successful people-smuggling venture, but I will come to that in a moment. As we have made very clear, we do not comment in relation to operational matters. When it comes to Operation Sovereign Borders, we remain absolutely determined to make sure that the boats remain stopped.

I thought I would have a look at the issues of consistency and what people have had to say. I thought I would have a look at the record of those opposite when they were in government and at the ministers for immigration and my own record. I think it is an interesting comparison. In terms of boat arrivals, let us look at the member for McMahon—the shadow Treasurer who wants be Treasurer of this country. He was the Minister for Immigration in the Rudd and Gillard governments. There were 398 boat arrivals; on my watch not one. Twenty-five thousand people arrived when that man was the Minister for Immigration.

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