House debates

Tuesday, 13 June 2017

Personal Explanations

3:13 pm

Photo of Mr Tony BurkeMr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I do. Today in question time the minister for immigration made assertions about the number of people who put their lives at risk on the high seas during my time as immigration minister. During my time as minister for immigration, the number of people arriving by boat had previously spiked following the Liberals' rejection of the Malaysia agreement. It then dropped by 86 per cent in the 10 weeks I held office.

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