Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Defence and refers to the proposed new joint facility that both he and the foreign minister mentioned earlier in question time. Why hasn’t the minister followed convention by offering the relevant opposition spokesman a briefing on the proposed Geraldton facility? Why, in his earlier answer, did he fail to mention that, as Labor’s defence spokesman, I made it absolutely clear on national radio just before question time that Labor fully supports both existing and proposed joint facilities? Minister, why are you playing party politics with Australia’s national security?

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