My question is to the Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Senator Cash. I refer to the reported statement by former Prime Minister Rudd that:

… the number of folks coming by boat was overwhelming the whole refugee intake.

And that this posed a:

… practical, moral and political dilemma.

Can the minister update the Senate on why previous policies entrenched an inherent unfairness in Australia's migration program and how the coalition is addressing this inequality?