The government will introduce legislation, possibly on Wednesday, to change existing migration laws that will allow it to resurrect the asylum-seeker swap deal with Malaysia.
The High Court struck down the deal in early September, casting doubt as well on the legality of possible offshore processing centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
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Without support from the coalition, the move may not even get to the Senate, where it is doomed anyway.
Over the weekened, Labor accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of recklessness and taking an "unconscionable risk" with the lives of boat people
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