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

At the heart of the previous government's failures was their decision, as the member for Lindsay has reminded the House, to abolish offshore processing. They also abolished temporary protection visas. Even to this day those on that side of the House remain divided about temporary protection visas being restored. It is no surprise that we have had to restore offshore processing in the way it was designed, because those opposite never, ever believed in it. The Leader of the Opposition in particular I note described offshore processing in these terms:

Howard's Pacific Solution is taking Australia down a sterile, dirty and nasty path.

That is what the Leader of the Opposition actually thinks about offshore processing. He said on another occasion:

Howard's—

not Mr Howard—

actions undermine humanitarian values, and stir division within the Australian community.

What I notice is that the only division that is stirred on the issue of offshore processing and temporary protection visas is on that side of the House, because they have always been divided on the issue of offshore processing—

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