Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I can inform the senator that primary health care for women and infants on Christmas Island is provided by IHMS, with referral to the Christmas Island Hospital or hospitals on the Australian mainland for further specialist assessment or treatment where required. So I have been able to answer that.

In relation to the government's determination to stop the boats, I think we all know why: so we can have a genuine, orderly intake of refugees. Can I simply remind the honourable senator that it was under the Greens-Labor policy, which allowed the flood of boats and people to arrive in Australia again, that we had more children in detention than under the Howard government or at this very moment, with this new coalition government. So the legacy of children in detention is with Labor's and the Greens' legacy. (Time expired)