Luke Simpkins (Cowan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will not go into the negativity of what Gough Whitlam had to say. Fortunately it was not shared by Malcolm Fraser. It was great to have Malcolm Fraser make that sort of effort for Vietnamese Australians. At the time of Malcolm Fraser's funeral, the Vietnamese Australians were prominent in their acknowledgement of what Malcolm Fraser did for them. It was a good moment in Australia's history. Again, I pay tribute to the work that Malcolm Fraser did to ensure that those people were given safety.

As I said, we often look at the different aspects of someone's life when they have been in public life for so much of their lives. Often some regard as negativity the things we did not like about what somebody did during their lives. But we should never forget that there was great work done as well. There was highly positive and important work done nationally and internationally.

We have to remember that Malcolm Fraser, the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia, was a great Prime Minister. He did some great, important work for our nation and there is no doubt that we should remember him fondly and we should remember him always as a great Australian.

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