Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

If you ask yourself, 'Why when in government last time did Labor rip money from the Australian Defence Force and take it away from our troops?', in part, it was because of the pressures they put on themselves through the relationship with the Greens. At least the Greens are honest about taking money from defence before an election. The Labor Party always do it after the election. They tell you before the election that they are no different to the coalition, that they will just power on and keep support going. They never do it when they're in government.

We know that the Greens recently announced their policy in relation to AUKUS. The Greens have announced today that, if they have a balance of power after the next election—that is, if they are in a coalition—they will 'push to boldly reform our defence force to ensure a peace focused approach is prioritised', reduce spending to one per cent and break the AUKUS agreement— (Time expired)

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