Brendan O'Connor (Gorton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question. Our Customs and Navy personnel that are on the vessels in our waters do intercept those vessels. The fact is that they intercept these vessels and they do a remarkable job. In so far as those that have arrived on the mainland, there were far more who were arriving on the mainland under the previous government. That means what has happened is that the capacity for them to interdict these vessels has been improved.

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