Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, under this government, we control our borders. We have sent a very, very clear message to the people smugglers that we will take all necessary steps to smash the people smugglers' business model. As a government, we also don't want to see people die at sea. People get on leaky boats to try and come to this country illegally and, as a result of that, lose their lives at sea. What we saw under the former Labor government, in conjunction with the Greens—

Senator McKim interjecting—

And there is Senator McKim—

Senator McKim interjecting—

Exactly—open borders under Senator McKim. There were 1,200 people. We have never heard about those 1,200 people. Those people, Senator McKim, were real people who lost their lives at sea. (Time expired)