Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

It is typical of this cut-and-run opposition that they are seeking to make much more out of the positions of the United States and Britain than is in fact the case. We are proud to have served with the United States, Britain and many other partners in Iraq—under a UN mandate, which has just been unanimously re-endorsed—ensuring that we do bring peace, order and good government to the people of Iraq. We are not going to do what the Labor Party is proposing to do—that is, just abandon the people of Iraq to their fate. We are not going to do that. We are not going to leave them to murderers, thugs and terrorists like the Labor Party would—the most appalling policy position adopted by the opposition.