Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Let me firstly deal with returning Australians, and then I'll return to the issue of Mr Cormann and the OECD. In relation to returning Australians, it is well known that the prime constraint in relation to getting more people into Australia is the quarantine facilities and their availability within Australia. Our government thanks the states and territories for working with us in relation to increasing the numbers of quarantine places. We are thankful for the fact that, working with the states and territories, we've been able to grow the number of returning Australians on a regular basis. And we welcome the fact that when Victoria is able to again welcome returning Australians and house them in hotel quarantine then we will be in a position to see a further growth, from 5,600 currently processed to around 5,700. This is about—