John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It is significant that over the past few years—despite everything that has been said by the Leader of the Opposition and his colleagues opposite—public support for, and belief in, the integrity of the Australian immigration system has risen. There is more support for a higher immigration program now than there was in this community when we came to office in 1996. The reason for that is that they now think there is a fair dinkum, strong immigration policy that is properly administered and properly run by this government.

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