Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Leader in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer to the comments of the provincial governor of Riau Islands refusing to accept the 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking:

We’re not a dumping ground for other countries.

What arrangements have now been made in relation to the 78 asylum seekers, and what was the Prime Minister’s involvement in the decisions about those arrangements? Can the minister guarantee that they will not be taken to Christmas Island?