Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Solomon for her question and also thank her for the commendable job she does in representing the people of Darwin in this parliament, which includes some 5,000 military personnel. On that note, there are very significant military bases in the electorate of Solomon and in Darwin. I congratulate her also on recently being appointed as the chair of the coalition's backbench policy committee on Defence and veterans' affairs.

The first priority of a national government is the safety and security of the people of Australia. As the Foreign Minister pointed out earlier—

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