Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member very much for her question. The reality is that the Labor Party at the moment is at war with itself. The fact is that when it comes to border protection policies, the Labor Party is tearing itself apart. People across the country are completely bewildered with the position that the Labor Party now finds itself in. We have Labor candidates and Labor members of parliament who are clearing comments off their social media pages in relation to border protection policies. We even have one of the senior frontbenchers within the Labor Party doctoring transcripts, providing false transcripts and even fabricating the words of the great David Speers from Sky News. In a transcript issued by the member for Barton there was a complete and utter disconnect with what had actually been said during the course of the interview, when she announced that the Labor Party would put time limits in place and would unwind the successful border protection policies of this government.

It doesn't stop there, because on the weekend there was a Victorian ALP conference at which the following motion was to be put: 'That the Labor Party should close the offshore detention centres, transit centres and other camps on Manus and Nauru within the first 90 days.'

Mr Perrett interjecting—

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