Alexander Downer (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition hopes that he can send out some vibes on this issue without ever having to commit himself to any details or any facts. ‘I do not want to inconvenience the Americans or the British; I do want to convenience the Left of the Labor Party.’ ‘We will withdraw immediately.’ ‘We’ll do it in less than two months, but I am not going to set a timeline.’ If you want to be the Prime Minister of this country, you have to know what you are talking about. The fact is that the Leader of the Opposition is a man of many words but a man of weak conviction.

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