Posted on Thursday, 16 May, 2013
Labor has once again taken an axe to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service’s (ACBPS) funding and personnel in their latest budget, Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection Michael Keenan said.
“The Government has cut $61.4 million in funding and 120 staff fr... ... more
Posted on Thursday, 16 May, 2013
Two of Australia’s most important national security agencies, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Crime Commission (ACC), have had their capabilities significantly degraded by Labor’s funding and personnel cuts, Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection Michael Ke... ... more
Posted on Wednesday, 15 May, 2013
Another illegal boat, with 42 people on board, arrived as Labor’s blow outs on illegal boats reached the appalling milestone of $10 billion under their failed border protection policies, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott Morrison and Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Bord... ... more
Posted on Friday, 10 May, 2013
The latest illegal boat, with 81 people on board, comes just days before the Budget is due to be handed down, a budget that Labor should use to finally come clean on the fact that three more years of their failure on our borders will mean billions more in blow outs on illegal boats, Shadow Minister ... ... more
Posted on Thursday, 9 May, 2013
Illegal boat arrivals continue to surge in May, with the latest two carrying over 120 people, taking the total for May to almost 1,500 in just days, almost five times the same period last year, the Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott Morrison and Shadow Minister for Justice, Custo... ... more
Posted on Wednesday, 8 May, 2013
The announcement of the illegal arrival of two more boats last Monday, with a total of over 170 people on board, meant that five boats turned up on just one day and brought to more than 8,000 the number of people who have illegally arrived on boats since Julia Gillard announced the election date, Sh... ... more
Posted on Monday, 6 May, 2013
Julia Gillard and Labor have set another shameful record of failure on our borders with more than 40,000 people having arrived in Australia on illegal boats on their watch, including more than 20,000 this financial year, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott Morrison and Shadow Mini... ... more
Posted on Saturday, 4 May, 2013
Two more illegal boat arrivals, with a total of more than 150 people on board, takes to 654 the number of people to have arrived in just the first three days of May, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott Morrison and Shadow Minister for Justice, Customs and Border Protection, Michae... ... more
Posted on Friday, 3 May, 2013
The biggest illegal boat to arrive in six months, with 186 people on board, and consecutive record months for boat arrivals present a growing risk of further tragedies at sea under Labor’s border protection failures, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott Morrison and Shadow Minister... ... more
Posted on Friday, 3 May, 2013
The arrival of over 340 people on two illegal boats on the first day of May represents the biggest start to any month for illegal boat arrivals and means more people are being exposed by criminal people smugglers to the risk of tragedy at sea, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Scott M... ... more