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

I can see why the honourable member was taken by those remarks, because they demonstrated something she obviously lacks, which is a sense of humour. But there is nothing funny about the Labor Party's failure to stand up for Australia's national security. But, having said that, not everybody on the Labor benches is as weak as the Leader of the Opposition when it comes to protecting Australia's security. I saw in the Herald on 4 December a quote from an unnamed Labor MP. They must be sitting here today. I wonder who it is. I think I know who it is. I do! I know who it is. Your style is unmistakable. Really, he is inimitable. No-one else could take him off. The comment is this:

The problem for Sam is that every time you look at him you see someone who has been an agent of foreign influence - and you can't have an agent of foreign influence sitting in the Senate.

That's what that unnamed Labor MP said—brave enough to tell the truth—

Mr Rob Mitchell interjecting—

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