Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The invocation of the ANZUS treaty after 9/11 was made by Prime Minister John Howard in the United States of America. Prime Ministers discharge the duties of their office wherever they are in the world. That's been the practice of Liberal Prime Ministers and Labor Prime Ministers for many years. Honourable members opposite know that. They know that's the practice. They know that's the practice of my government and, indeed, that it was the practice of the governments in which many of those opposite were ministers.

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