Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Deputy President. I understand that Senator Brandis does not want to hear about the opposition's record on this matter—

Senator Brandis interjecting—

because their policies did not work; they are not viable, credible alternatives. They do not work and they did not stop the boats.

Senator Brandis interjecting—

Senator Williams interjecting—

After the Howard government introduced TPVs in 1999 nearly 8½ thousand people arrived by boat, and more than 90 per cent of those people are living in Australia. And those opposite must accept that Nauru was an unequivocal and costly policy failure. (Time expired)