Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I'm happy to take the question, Prime Minister. We always check every single claim the Labor Party make about any sort of report, especially in the media, before we decide whether it's fact or not. That has been our tradition in this place. As the minister who represents the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I can tell you, Mr Speaker, that we have every confidence in Joe Hockey as our ambassador in Washington DC. He is a former distinguished member of this House. He's a former distinguished Treasurer who did a great deal more to get this economy back on track than any member of the Labor Party ever has. One of the reasons that we are reaping the benefits today of budget surpluses and a strong economy is the work that Joe Hockey did when he was a distinguished member of this House.

Mr Conroy interjecting—

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