Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

This shows an appalling lack of understanding of how our National Security Committee works, but I am not surprised. I am not surprised at all, given that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition was such a supporter of the former Prime Minister, who did not even bother to attend the National Security Committee meetings and used to send her bodyguard in her place.

Our National Security Committee deals with all matters of national security. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition had a more sophisticated understanding of how government works, she would understand that her question has an obvious answer. It is obvious that she does not realise that I am on the National Security Committee.

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