Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

On that area that the parliamentary secretary just referred to, there is an understandable concern from the opposition to clarify exactly how much of the $78 million is a saving by virtue of closing facilities that have not been built. No doubt, had the government closed 10 facilities that had not been built, they would have been able to save a tremendous amount more than $78 million. But, in terms of genuine savings, the minister has been saying that one of the impressive economic things that the government has done is find $78 million in savings. When the parliamentary secretary provides that information we would like to see, quite specifically separated, how much of that $78 million is derived from closing facilities which had never been built.

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