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

Thank you, Mr President. Senator McKim, most of what you said was actually political rhetoric, nothing more and nothing less. But you did ask whether or not this government was proud of policy success. In relation to your question, the answer is: we are very proud of the policy success that we have had in relation to securing our nation's borders.

Senator McKim interjecting—

As I said, Senator McKim, you and I are going to have to disagree. On this side of the chamber, we will always put the national interest first. On this side of the chamber, we understand that the No. 1 priority of your Commonwealth government—