Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has said the Labor party will remain committed to stopping the boats at a Victorian Labor conference.
Pauline Brown from Labor for Refugees said she is extremely disappointed and feels upset for those still on Manus and Nauru.
Debate on the matter was shut down by a union deferral, despite a motion from Labor’s left to close offshore detention centres, transit centres and other camps on Manus and Nauru within the first 90 days of a Shorten government.