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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I take it from Senator Evans that that is a no. Will the minister guarantee, then, that health and security checks on Christmas Island will not be compromised by the current huge influx of asylum seekers as a result of Labor’s border protection policy failure? How much more will this policy failure cost Australian taxpayers?