Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to another recent statement by former Prime Minister Rudd that the lesson being sent to people smugglers was: 'You come by boat, we'll get you there quickly; but if you stay in a camp somewhere around the world in some hellhole you are never going to get anywhere.' Can the minister advise the Senate of the message that is now being sent to people smugglers by Operation Sovereign Borders?