Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Home Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

that it wasn't anything about good policy, it wasn't anything virtuous. It was an attempt to head off a messy discussion in Labor's caucus on Tuesday. That's what it was about; it was about politics. As we know, there is division within the Labor Party on border protection, like we saw in the Rudd and Gillard years. We are cleaning up Labor's mess. We are not going to allow those boats to restart.

Ms Ryan interjecting—

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