Pat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

They're ashamed of their own history. They're ashamed of their own history on defence, which included sending troops to Vietnam on a lie—a war in which 500 Australians died. They're ashamed of their history of lying to get us into the Second Gulf War because the truth is they've always politicised national security.

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