Philip Ruddock People Quotations

My concern about families is that I'm not yet satisfied that there are arrangements which would meet my principle objective, which is to have people available for processing and for removal if they're not refugees.

People are endeavoring to put us under duress, to coerce us to give them outcomes to which they are not entitled,

We will not succumb to any pressure in relation to people who have no entitlement to be released into the Australian community,

These events started when people were endeavoring to place pressure on us in relation to those matters,

This is un-Australian and denies people a fair go,

It is unacceptable that people who are able to pay a people-smuggler and make their way through several countries where they may avail themselves of protection, are getting a more favorable outcome than people languishing in the most appalling circumstances in refugee camps around the world,

In relation to offshore processing, it is in our interests to have people not reach Australia, and (processed) under rules that are not as relaxed as ours became while the courts were supervising judicially the decision making,

For only 3 per cent of people to complain that they have been affected by racism when something of the order of 48 per cent -- almost 50 per cent -- come from Asian, North African or Middle Eastern backgrounds, I think it evidences a society that is very accommodating,