Cash, Sen Michaelia

Senator CASH (Western Australia) (14:42): Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I remind the minister that 44,219 people on 724 illegal boats have so far arrived on this government's watch. Given that in 2007 there were just four people in immigration detention who had arrived by boat, and none of these were children, will the minister now concede that Labor's decision to wind back the proven policies of the former Howard government has been directly responsible for the placing of over 1,600 children in immigration detention facilities?