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

I am aware of some increase in the number of PV applications lodged in the last year or so, and that in part reflects a number of changes, which I do not have time to go into currently. But I would make the point that most of them are from people who arrived lawfully—people who came in lawfully and then sought protection. They are not people who arrived unauthorised. They are people who arrived with a passport and a visa. (Time expired)