Senate debates

Thursday, 7 September 2023

Committees

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Joint Committee; Government Response to Report

4:53 pm

Photo of Jordon Steele-JohnJordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Through you, Chair. This government has signed Australia up to a new alliance with America and the United Kingdom, two countries infamous for disastrous foreign policy decision-making, which has then become our problem as a nation because you have taken us to war along with them, and you have been able to do it because of the absence of a parliamentary vote required before the deployment of troops. You had an opportunity to fix it and you failed. You failed. You have put us, once again, at risk. I seek leave to continue my remarks later.

Leave granted; debate adjourned.

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