Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

But I tell you what, as the boats came in under them the boats stopped under this Minister for Immigration. The boats stopped, and not only that; because the boats have stopped we have saved the budget $2½ billion and we have closed nine detention centres. But most of all, as a result of the actions of this government there are no children floating in the ocean between Australia and East Timor as occurred under Labor!

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