Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie has criticised the Albanese government over its “soft and weak” border policies.
Mr Hastie’s remarks come after more than 40 asylum seekers arrived in remote Western Australia.
“Weak is the theme of this government,” Mr Hastie told Sky News Australia.
“They are weak on national security, and they are weak on border security.
“If we go back to May 2022, we’ve had more than 303 illegal arrivals and 12 separate boats since that time.
“So, I think what people smugglers are working out is that this government is a weak government on national security, it’s weak on border security and they’re now testing the Prime Minister.
“It’s clear on Friday the Prime Minister wasn’t even across his brief.
“I’m pretty confident that his Ministers if they were up on top of their brief, we know Andrew Giles is not as the Minister for Immigration, would have briefed him.”
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