Bill Shorten
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"Fleeing persecution is not a crime. And we do not seek to pander to a noisy, tiny minority who will never embrace modern multicultural Australia. But there are important truths we must face. There is a history and a reality that we cannot ignore. The challenge before us is real, the questions we grapple with as elemental as life and death."
Andrew Giles
"I think we can get to a vision Richard and Bill have carved out without turnbacks."
Richard Marles
"By and large these people smugglers are now out of business. Some driving taxis in Jakarta. And so we must not be a party to opening this journey again and putting those people smugglers back into business with the inevitable consequence [that] we will see a huge loss of life."
Murray Watt
"I can tell you regardless of the outcome of this debate I will back out on the streets campaigning proudly for Labor. But having said that, I think we can do a bit better."
Matt Thistlethwaite
"This is an issue that has divided Labor for too long. It's time for Labor to establish a policy that promotes Labor values; a policy that our members [as] representatives are proud to campaign on in the wider community."
Linda Scott
"We put our country's image as a rich tapestry of multiculturalism at risk when we seek to adopt divisive policies like turning back boats."
Tony Burke
"The truth is I was Labor's last immigration minister and you have a right to hear directly from me about what that job involved, the choices that involved and how that lends us to think very carefully when we use words like 'compassion, [that] we actually know the exact context."