manus island is not in australia, _ compensation for?ensation for? manus island is not in australia, it's in _ compensation for? manus island is not in australia, it's in papua - compensation for? manus island is not in australia, it's in papua newl not in australia, it's in papua new guinea. this was a matter for papua new guinea. we closed the manus island processing centre because we did not need it any more. because we had nauru as well. and nauru still remains open but nauru is pretty much the processing centre is pretty much the processing centre is pretty much empty and let me make this point so nobody misunderstands. by having this offshore processing, we stopped people making these dangerous journeys on small boats, we stop the trade altogether. it has been incredibly successful. it has been incredibly successful. it has been much criticised and there is a whole lot of opposition to it, i appreciate that, but it has been very successful and in doing so, we have saved lives.— have saved lives. thank you very much. stephen _ have

you'll be sent to either manus island either nauru and manus island where claims be where your claimshen be processed. will never processed. but you will never make australian it was make australian shore. it was incredibly complex. the infrastructure placed infrastructure that was placed into those remote areas was into both those remote areas was into both those remote areas was in the billions and then on top of that you've got the staff and the specialists supporting people with both medical concerns. you've then got the infrastructure behind education and social and welfare of these people know, we people because, you know, we have remember there are have to remember there are hundreds of millions of displaced around the displaced people around the world. australia recognised that. equally wanted that. but equally they wanted people a people to come through a legitimate lawful process in terms of applying through a third country. terms of applying through a thirso country. terms of applying through a thirso these)untry. terms of applying through a thirso these enormous facilities

in nauru and manus island. in virtually all cases . and if virtually all cases.these asylum seekers were found to be legitimate refugees , some to be legitimate refugees, some of them made their way to australia, the vast majority did not. the vast majority were either sent back to where they had originally come from or were sent to a third country and this worked . and i can tell you why worked. and i can tell you why it worked because the labour party opposed this when they were in government between two thousand and seven and 2013. they won the election last year and they haven't changed the conservatives approach to border security since coming to government last year. so, you know, when the left of politics supports a conservative plan because it works , you know that because it works, you know that there's no more politics in this in australia. it's settled policy it's bipartisan in. policy and it's bipartisan in. and just wonder the and i just wonder what the politicians have been in politicians have been doing in this country given that 45,000 people ille