Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

As I said earlier, in relation to mainland Australia the same provisions will apply. Australia will deal with those claims at third-party processing centres. That is the appropriate way to deal with these things. We will comply with the UN convention on refugees and, in addition, our government will ensure, as we always have done, that Australia has a strong and secure border protection policy.

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