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

The shadow minister might want to recall those famous words, 'I don't think; I know,' when she reminds us about diplomacy. What I would say to the senator is that we know you are confecting an argument where there is none. We know that for the third day now you are confecting an argument. You know that the Kiwis are our family, and you know that the commitment to the US alliance is unshakable—unshakable on this side. But you are deliberately seeking to confect outrage at a time when we are hosting the UK foreign secretary and defence secretary, because we are serious about making sure that we deliver AUKUS, deliver the technology transfer and deliver a sovereign capability, and we will do all we can to ensure Australia's security in these times.