Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Any discussions in relation to the acquisition of such an important defence capability, of necessity, need to be dealt with in a sensitive manner and not with the bull-in-a-china-shop attitude of the shadow minister for defence, Senator Conroy, whose behaviour we have seen on display at Senate estimates attacking high-level men in uniform. So let's not pretend there is any sensitivity for matters defence from the shadow minister for defence. The situation is clear. We are working through it in a methodical, purposeful manner, a manner that would be completely foreign to the shadow minister who presided over the debacle of the NBN and the Australian national overseas TV network, on which the Auditor-General had plenty to say about you, Senator Conroy. (Time expired)