Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It is true that we have had higher than expected arrivals on average in the last couple of months. It is true. But the fact is that they go up and they go down. You are not entitled to claim, on the basis of two months, a permanent figure. You are not entitled to claim that at all.

You did correctly say that the budget estimate is 450 arrivals per month. That is true. Of course, as is usually the case, you are out there, really, conducting a campaign against the government's forecast. You always get that wrong. You will be wrong on this occasion.

They are just out there, trying to get a figure, trying to multiply it by 10, running their usual scare campaigns.

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