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

It is very simple. The government's policy is to adopt the Houston report, including the Malaysia solution, which those on the other side have so callously and cravenly, for their own political ends, decided to oppose. Those opposite have no credibility whatsoever. They send the message to people smugglers, 'Come on down!' They send that message to them every time they vote against the Malaysia solution in this building—every single time. They are the lead hypocrites on this.

If those opposite want to stop the people-smuggling rackets, if they want to put the people-smuggling rings out of business, they should adopt the Houston committee report in full. They should not come in here and pretend they are remotely interested in anything other than short-term politics.