George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

The advice I would give Australians is that they can be confident in the integrity and skill of the men and women who serve Australia as officers of the national security agencies. The advice I would give Australians is that they should not be deluded by the paranoid fantasists and conspiracy theorists of the Australian Greens. And the advice I would give the Australian people is that our national security agencies—staffed, as I said, by personnel of integrity and skill—are supervised by this parliament through an exhaustive network of parliamentary accountability and independent accountability, especially through the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. They do important work that keeps Australians safe. They ought to be supported in their endeavours by all members of this chamber. Sadly, in the case of one particular political party, the fantasists and conspiracy theorists of the Australian Greens, they are not. (Time expired)