Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

I stand by the fact that the question, as Senator Ray put it, implied that the Australian defence forces were propping up a government which was behind the trafficking and production of illicit drugs. I think the Senate understood that in the same way I did. If that is an accepted fact, there is an imputation which flows from it. I am sorry, but that is an interpretation which is openly available in the construction of common English language. If he cannot see that then I feel sorry for him. I do not change my position one jot.