John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

What is happening at the moment is that the Iraqi government is waging a courageous battle against people who almost on a daily basis are trying to sabotage the oil extraction in Iraq, and the Leader of the Opposition wants to surrender to that insurgency. He wants to create a situation where those who would cripple the capacity of Iraq to be a further major contributor to the world’s oil supply succeed. So, far from what we are now doing, the Leader of the Opposition’s policy of capitulation and surrender would reinforce the position of those who would destroy Iraq’s capacity to stand on her own feet and contribute to an increase in world oil supplies and, therefore, a reduction in the price of petrol at the bowser in Australia.

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