Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Carr. I refer to the promise made by Prime Minister Gillard, after she politically executed former Prime Minister Rudd, that she was going to find her way on illegal boat arrivals, because the former government had lost its way. Australians have witnessed the 103rd boat arrival since the 2010 election, taking Labor's record under Ms Gillard to 117 illegal boats carrying 6,897 people, compared with 6,552 people under Mr Rudd. Given that, under her government, the Prime Minister has taken border protection from what can only be described as bad to worse, does the minister consider that the Gillard Labor government has in fact found its way when it comes to protecting Australia's borders?