His 'stop the boats' pledge was already being realised, the prime minister said, despite Labor shifting to a hardline policy on Kevin Rudd's return as PM in June.
'I don't want to underestimate the difficulty of that challenge but they are stopping,' Mr Abbott said.
'Over the last month, illegal arrivals by boat have been scarcely 10 per cent of the peak under Labor in July.'
Mr Abbott said immigration officials had been 'managing a problem' under the ALP.
'Our determination is to end the problem,' he said.
'Our determination is not to guide the boats, our determination is to stop the boats.'
The coalition's asylum seeker policy was one on a long list of achievements Mr Abbott said the government had already ticked off.
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With Abbott as PM, it's no wonder boats have stopped coming to Australia.
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