Gary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Evans as the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. Yesterday the minister told the Senate that the government has ‘invested more in border protection than any other government’. He also said, ‘We have a stronger presence in Australia’s northern waters than ever before.’ Could the minister tell the Senate what evidence he has that more patrol boats than ever before in our northern waters actually discourages the arrival of boats bearing asylum seekers?