Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
3:13 pm
Mr Speaker, I seek to make a personal explanation.
Tony Smith Speaker
Does the Manager of Opposition Business claim to have been misrepresented?
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance
I do. Today in question time the minister for immigration made assertions about the number of people who put their lives at risk on the high seas during my time as immigration minister. During my time as minister for immigration, the number of people arriving by boat had previously spiked following the Liberals' rejection of the Malaysia agreement. It then dropped by 86 per cent in the 10 weeks I held office.