Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We are taking children out of detention because the boats have stopped. And the member for Denison needs to know that if the Labor Party were ever again to form a government, not only would the carbon tax be back, not only would the mining tax be back, but the people smugglers would be back, and the children would be back in detention and, the children would be dying at sea—because, as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition made clear on the weekend, the policies needed to stop the boats would instantly be scrapped by members opposite. Shame on them!

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