Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Acting Prime Minster. I refer to comments yesterday by the National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, Paul Howse, about the surge in asylum seekers. I quote:

I think we should put out a red carpet and welcome them with open hands.

Mr Howse also said, ‘One man’s people-smuggler is another man’s liberation hero.’ Given the influence of the AWU at Labor’s national conference, will the Acting Prime Minster inform the House of what input, direct or indirect, Mr Howse has had into the government’s border protection policies?

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