Federal Labor MP Richard Marles has clarified on ABC’s Breakfast program that there is no difference between the LNP’s and his party’s policy on border protection.
While Marles criticised the treatment of the Biloela family, critics online have criticised Labor’s stance on the issue as appearing too hardline.
Marles’ said the family did not fit the criteria for the offshore processing program.
A spokesperson for the Refugee Action Collective said Marles “is correct,” and that “there’s very little difference between Labor and the conservatives on refugee policy.”