Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Wong. Was the minister for health articulating the foreign policy of the Albanese government when he said yesterday, 'No self-respecting nation would fail to defend itself if attacked the way Israel has been; Israel has the right to defend itself and to respond to these attacks'? Why did it take the minister for health to speak with more clarity than the Prime Minister, the defence minister or you as the foreign minister could manage?