Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. Reinvestment has been required because the former Rudd government, Gillard government and Rudd government actually ripped out $700 million from Customs and Border Protection. They literally ripped the guts out of our border protection agency.

As a result, they largely ignored criminality at our ports and airports for the majority of their time in office. After forming government, the coalition, however, has invested an additional $88 million in border screening through the Customs and Border Protection Service. The results now speak for themselves. This financial year, seizure rates at the border are increasing by number and by weight. For example, prior to the weekend's massive seizure, amphetamine and cocaine detection so far this year had already increased by 50 per cent in weight over the last financial year.

This is a government which actually has the resolve to deliver on its election commitments. (Time expired)