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

Yes, I am sorry, I am. Not only did we have, last week, Senator Wong's extremely poorly judged op-ed in the Fairfax press, in which she made the Labor Party's commitment to the American alliance conditional upon the President of the United States by declaring the election of Mr Donald Trump as President as a 'change point', but also, the previous week, at the Labor Party's caucus meeting, they decided to seek to oppose and to undermine the government's latest measure to keep our borders secure. So, twice in two weeks the Australian Labor Party has broken ranks, has broken bipartisanship on national security—last week on the US alliance and the week before that on border protection, both of which are essential to Australia's national security. (Time expired)