THE coalition will support Labor's bid to excise the Australian continent from the migration zone, despite labelling the move as hypocritical and fraudulent.
MPs are debating a government bill on Tuesday that aims to deter asylum seekers from trying to reach the mainland by boat.
"If you vote for this bill today on that side of the house, you are admitting that you are hypocrites and frauds," opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison told parliament, referring to Labor's opposition to a similar move by former prime minister John Howard in 2006.
Mr Howard failed in his bid to excise the Australian mainland from the migration zone after a backbench revolt led by Liberal moderates.
Mr Morrison said the measure was only a marginal one but would receive the support of opposition MPs.
"We will support measures even if they are so marginal as this one is, if it improves things slightly," he said.
Labor backbencher Ed Husic acknowledged that consistency in setting policy was important.
"But consistency that ignores reality and is divorced from reality and circumstance is not a substitute for good policy," he told parliament.
Mr Husic said the plan would discourage people risking their lives trying to get to the Australian mainland.
"(This is about) dealing with the fact that 1500 people, since 2008, have put their lives at risk in travelling beyond some of the islands like Christmas Island or Cocos Islands to try to get to the mainland," he said.
The Senate passed more bills on Tuesday to streamline the anti-dumping regime.
A measure from one of the bills sets up a review panel of three people to investigate claims of dumping.
The other bill will clarify and widen the definition of a subsidy and allow the government or an Australian industry to initiate an inquiry into circumvention - a trade strategy used to avoid penalties for dumping.
The Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Improvements) Bill (No.2) 2011 and the Customs Amendment (Anti-Dumping Improvements) Bill (No.3) 2012 bills now await royal assent.
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