Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

The government believes it has the right policy in place to deal with what is a difficult situation. Those opposite seem to believe that putting out a number of dot points from day to day constitutes a policy. Those points included the reintroduction of temporary protection visas, which, as I recall, were not successful in ensuring people did not enter this country. My recollection, and I stand to be corrected by the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, is that in excess of 90 per cent of TPV holders in fact arrived and continued to stay in Australia. The reality is that there are a great many factors contributing to the increase of asylum seekers around the world and in Australia. That is why the government has in place a strong border protection regime, is resourcing border protection and will continue to work with our region— (Time expired)