House debates Questions without Notice

Australian Human Rights Commission

Tuesday, 24 February 2015 House of Representatives

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

2:03 pm

And that is exactly what this government has done and, as a result of this government stopping the boats, children are leaving immigration detention.

Under the policies of members opposite, when 50,000 people came illegally to this country by boat, at its peak there were almost 2,000 children in detention. At the time of the election, there were 1,400 children in detention. Professor Triggs did not have an inquiry into children in detention when there were 2,000 of them or when there were 1,400 of them.

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