Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

on indulgence—I want to join with the Prime Minister in emphasising the importance of the relationships and congratulate him for the engagement with the leaders over the course of the last 48 hours or so. We have an incredible friendship with each of the countries—with Japan, with the United States, with India—and the G7 nations otherwise obviously share many of our mutual interests and perspectives on the outlook in our region, so it is important that the world hears that there is bipartisan support, as was demonstrated under the AUKUS agreement, brokered by the coalition and signed by the government. It's in our country's best interests to be strong, to provide deterrence, to provide reassurance to our friends in the region, and we continue the bipartisan approach in relation to this very important area of policy that's in the best interests of our country.

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