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

There are significant flow-on benefits to the Australian public in having strong borders. We heard from Senator Cormann previously that not only have we stopped the boats, but we are now also paying down Labor's debt and deficit. In relation to that, those on the other side were responsible for an almost $12 billion budget blow-out because of the way they controlled Australia's borders. As a result of the policies on this side, we have already re-invested into the budget $2.5 billion, and that is just the start. We have announced savings in the 2015-16 budget of an additional $½ billion. While those on that side are spending taxpayers' money with absolutely no regard at all, we on this side are putting in place responsible policies that are returning savings. (Time expired)