Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Having taken the decision to rescue those people at sea you then had the choice of whether the Australian government sought to bring them directly to Christmas Island as recommended by the Liberal Premier of Western Australia, Mr Barnett, or sought to have them disembark in Indonesia in accordance with international law of the sea requirements. We chose to disembark them in Indonesia. (Time expired)