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

I have to say that the quip about personal attacks, from a senior member of Peter Dutton's team, after the weekend—I don't know if that was an attempt at humour, but we thought it was quite amusing! Senator, you would be aware that, when the AUKUS position was announced, your then Prime Minister—and I'm not sure if you were in the National Security Committee at the time, but certainly the decision of your National Security Committee—

An honourable senator interjecting

No. I just can't recall whether she was. Your Prime Minister, Prime Minister Morrison, announced the position of your government, which was that AUKUS would not involve the establishment of a civil nuclear industry. We very carefully went through the reasons for that. I look forward to— (Time expired)