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 further supplementary question. Will the government’s new fast-tracking processes make it easier for people smugglers to sell the promise of permanent residency to asylum seekers, given the shorter period of time they are likely to spend on Christmas Island before shifting to the Australian mainland? Does the fast-tracking from Christmas Island to Australia amount to yet another indication that the Rudd government is soft on border protection?