Senator CASH (Western Australia) (14:55): Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cash, you are seeking the call, rightly, to ask a question and be heard in silence and it is your own side who are drowning you out. It is very hard. You are entitled to be heard in silence by both sides. Senator CASH: It is difficult to drown me out, but I accept that. Given that there have been 240 boat arrivals carrying over 12,000 asylum seekers since the government scrapped the tough measures introduced by the previous coalition government, will the minister now concede that a government without a border protection policy is a government content with a never-ending raft of unlawful boat arrivals and border chaos?