Senate debates

Thursday, 6 March 2014

Questions without Notice

Asylum Seekers

2:13 pm

Photo of Dean SmithDean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. I refer to the reported statement by former Prime Minister Rudd that:

… the number of folks coming by boat was overwhelming the whole refugee intake.

And that this posed a:

… practical, moral and political dilemma.

Can the minister update the Senate on why previous policies entrenched an inherent unfairness in Australia's migration program and how the coalition is addressing this inequality?

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