Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I do thank the member for Holt the question. I appreciate the good work that the member for Holt does in the national security space as the deputy chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security. It was good to go to the Endeavour Hills police station recently with the member for Holt and the member for La Trobe to talk about what we are doing to counter violent extremism and to talk about the good work that both Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police have done there. I think the member for Holt, more than most on the other side of the parliament, appreciates that this government would never knowingly politicise national security.

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