Michael Johnson (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am very pleased to speak on this very important legislation, the Non-Proliferation Legislation Amendment Bill 2006, because it goes to how global security and global energy can be so intimately linked in our modern, 21st century world. I was delighted to hear the shadow foreign minister, the member for Barton, indicate to the parliament that the federal opposition supports this bill. It is a very important bill that warrants the federal opposition’s support. Of course, I utterly reject the comments of the shadow foreign minister in relation to Iraq. I did not hear him talking about how the Leader of the Opposition categorically supported the government when we went to war. He did not apologise to the 12 million Iraqis who went and voted at the ballot box. We in this country cherish our democracy, but somehow it is not appropriate for 12 million Iraqis to cast a vote.

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