Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I'll take the interjection from Senator Hughes. Senator Hughes just said, as a member of the opposition, 'If you're just going to leave it to bureaucrats, then why are you here?' That's the policy of the federal opposition. Ministers in a Dutton government would direct the national security agencies to make decisions, rather than rely on the independent advice from national security—