Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

There is no place in mature Australian politics for the peddling and rehashing of unsourced nonsense. Let's be clear on this. What Senator Hanson-Young is trying to do is cause division in the community by peddling this unsourced nonsense. I have indicated that the intake and the government's concern is to ensure that we look after the people in need. That is, in fact, why we sought and achieved the task of stopping the boats—so that we could have a refugee intake based on need, not on the capacity to pay criminal people smugglers to enhance a particular individual's cause. We have been consistent here, unlike Senator Hanson-Young and the Greens. (Time expired)