House debates Personal Explanations

Thursday, 6 March 2014 House of Representatives

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison Cook, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

3:15 pm

Thank you. In the Courier Mail on 6 March, in an article by James McCulloch, it says, 'After the Manus Island riots, immigration minister, Scott Morrison, sent a RAAF VIP jet'—presumably a luxury 737—to collect Rimbink Pato, the foreign minister, from Port Moresby to meet with him and foreign minister, Julie Bishop'—presumably in Australia.

Madam Speaker, I can confirm that that is completely false. Last Saturday I flew, not on the BBJ but on the Challenger, from Darwin to Port Moresby to hold meetings with both the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration and the Attorney-General of Papua New Guinea. That meeting was held in Port Moresby, and I am grateful to the Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister, Minister Pato, because he had adjusted his meeting schedule to enable me to do that.

Opposition members interjecting—

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