Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. I remind him that, since the present government reversed the previous border protection laws, there have been 12,942 boat arrivals on more than 250 boats. There are 4½ thousand people currently in detention, including 440 children, and two boats that we know of have been lost at sea with tragic loss of life. Can the Acting Prime Minister inform the House what immediate steps the government will now take to stop the boats?

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