In this budget, budget 2018, the government allocated $74 million over two years for the IRB to enable faster decision-making on asylum claims. As the minister noted, this will enable decisions on an additional 17,000 claims and enable the IRB to add 64 new decision-makers.
I think that any decisions regarding future funding would be taken in future budgets. Clearly, there is a recognition that the number of asylum claimants continues to be high this year, and the IRB is a critical part of the asylum system in terms of providing fair and efficient processing of those claims. This is something that would need to be considered in future budgets.
The existing budget includes $74 million over two years for that purpose.