Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

You talk about AUKUS, you put AUKUS on the table, and then you get annoyed when I defend it. It's extraordinary. We are doing the work on this side of the chamber and in Washington and in the United Kingdom in order to ensure that we assure a capability and a relationship, in the context of a relationship which is so important for Australia's security. And what we have across the chamber is a party led by a wrecking ball—I'm speaking of Mr Dutton; not you, Senator Cash—who's prepared to politicise anything. (Time expired)