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

Interestingly, the response of Senator Minchin, the now shadow minister for defence, to the government’s announcement of last week was to say: ‘That’s all good. We agree with the decision.’ The former government now agrees with the government’s decision. But it was interesting that he was forced to point out that the Leader of the Opposition fought to have the project scrapped in that national security committee in around April or May last year. What was his defence of the now Leader of the Opposition? ‘He was rolled.’ He was rolled by his own cabinet colleagues. It is about leadership. This issue now and all these failed capability projects will be about leadership.

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