Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

You can see from that bogus point of order that there is no substance to the question. Those opposite are seeking to avoid having to explain what Mr Keenan said on Sky News. This is what he said:

And remember, when it comes to turning these boats back around, it would be sending Indonesian flagged boats with an Indonesian crew back to the Indonesian port from which they’ve left, and there’s absolutely nothing from stopping that.

But the immigration spokesman, Mr Scott Morrison, claimed the coalition will direct naval personnel to leave asylum seeker boats at the edge of Indonesian waters—expecting them to make their own way to shore. You cannot have it both ways. Mr Morrison went on to say:

Well that is not what he said and you should stop verballing members of the Coalition. You should focus—

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