Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Science) Share this | Hansard source

Well, I'm just telling you the facts. It was a particularly poor way of conducting itself. In fact, it took that procurement decision to a new and ridiculous level where you had members of the same government opposing tanks and other things. We have a special responsibility in this place to make sure that these things aren't politicised.

Government members interjecting—

Well, we do have to make sure. I'm just telling the facts. These things happened. The member opposite might want to interject because I'm raining on his day, but these were the facts. This is a government which has maybe come to the right conclusion, but the pathway has been very rocky indeed, and I think we should conduct ourselves in a more mature and reasonable manner.

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