House debates
Thursday, 6 June 2024
Questions without Notice
Defence Procurement
2:22 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
The member talks about the F-35 program. Well, Australia first engaged in it in 2002. Australia is one of 18 like-minded nations, including Norway, Denmark, Canada and the Netherlands, who operate the F-35 and contribute to its global supply chain. They know that that is the case as well, but they seek, in a divisive way, to raise these issues in order to then weaponise them and cause division in the Australian community. I ask the assistant minister to respond as well.
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