Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

At a time when Australians are worried about the cost of living and a range of issues that affect their daily lives, those opposite decide to politicise Australia's representative in Washington, DC—something that was never done by this side of the chamber when Arthur Sinodinos occupied that position, when Joe Hockey occupied that position and when other representatives, including Alexander Downer, George Brandis and others, were High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. One of the things that I have never seen happen before, in 28 years in this chamber, is an attempt to politicise Australia's representative overseas in an important nation such as that. I've never seen it before. This is what the Leader of the Opposition said—

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