Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Attorney-General (Senator Brandis) to a question without notice asked by Senator McKim today relating to boat turn-backs, Manus Island and Nauru.

Senator Brandis interjecting—

I will take that interjection from the Attorney, who I believe just said, 'Three years and no deaths at sea.' We can follow this up, and I will be following this up at Senate estimates next week, because I do not believe that you can say that, Attorney, unless you have tracked every single one of the 29 boats from the moment they were turned back to the moment they arrived safely in port somewhere else in the world. But if you are telling that your government has done that—in fact, are you telling me, Attorney, that your government is doing that? Deathly silence!