Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

On the ABC News website it currently reports, in an article by Jeremy Thompson, that a Greens motion condemning the government over mandatory detention 'has been supported by the opposition'. Can I just refer the House to the actual motion moved by Mr Bandt, which says:

That this House:

(1) condemns the Gillard Government’s deal with Malaysia that would see 800 asylum seekers intercepted in Australian waters and sent to Malaysia; and

(2) calls on the Government to immediately abandon this proposal …

Clearly, the coalition continues to support mandatory detention, and any suggestion to the contrary is a misrepresentation by the journalist.

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