Senate debates Questions without Notice

Immigration Detention


Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Cash WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education

2:26 pm

As I was saying, Senator McKim, you like to use the phrase 'locked up'. It's certainly an emotive phrase. We're on broadcast today, so I suppose that's the reason that you were given the question today, to pander to those who support the Australian Greens. But, Senator McKim, as I was stating, in excess of 8,000 IMA children were detained whilst you supported the policies of the former Labor government. As at 28 November, 45 children were in detention. Of these, one is a non-IMA child; 44 are IMA children, and they are accommodated— (Time expired)

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