Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have a supplementary question—and I thank the minister for his courtesy in the matter of the funeral yesterday. Minister, Tony Jones asked you on that night: 'So, just to complete that answer, does the ANZUS alliance commit Australia or not if the United States is in a conflict in our region?' and you said, 'I don't believe it does.' So it is not as you described his question earlier. Do you stand by your position or is the Minister for Foreign Affairs right when she says, 'At the heart of the treaty is a commitment to come to one another's aid in the worst of times'? (Time expired)