Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The government is committed to breaking the people-smuggling trade. The Prime Minister has announced that we will be introducing legislation to the parliament to amend the Migration Act to provide certainty for offshore processing. The cost of implementing the transfer arrangement with Malaysia will be, as has been previously announced, some $292 million. What we have here is—

Honourable senators interjecting—