Senator CASH (Western Australia—Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business) (14:55): I would expect nothing more and nothing less from Senator McKim in terms of his attitude, and the attitude of the Australian Greens, towards border protection. Senator McKim, I completely reject the premise of your question. The minister, along with the Prime Minister, are possibly the toughest ministers when it comes to border protection this country has ever seen. Senator McKim, your party's policy to support the Australian Labor Party the last time that they were in power led to in excess of 50,000 people coming here illegally by boat. It led to, quite alarmingly, 1,200 people that we know of perishing at sea. They also, if you recall, despite the high moral ground that they like to take, had no problem in seeing children locked up in detention. This is a direct consequence of a failure to protect Australia's borders.