House debates Bills

Migration Legislation Amendment (The Bali Process) Bill 2012; Second Reading

Monday, 19 March 2012 House of Representatives

Robert Oakeshott

Robert Oakeshott Lyne, Independent

10:58 am

He has been talking about the principles within the refugee convention and their importance that transcends signatory status. Yet offline, for the press gallery, for talkback radio and for his leader, Tony Abbott, we see the complete opposite. If it is about a truth and values campaign that is being run pre-election and about who said what pre-election and post-election, this cuts to the heart of that position with regard to the coalition on migration policy. I raise this for two reasons. One is to expose the absolute front of the political positioning with regard to this topic. The second is an important one with regard to policy, and that is that online Scott Morrison

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