Andrew Giles (Scullin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

This shouldn't be a difficult choice. This legislation should be above politics, as should be the response more broadly.

And I want to make one additional point. Starting well before the decision was handed down, our border protection and law enforcement agencies have been working to make sure that the toughest possible conditions were in place.

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