Alexander Downer (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Finally, the Leader of the Opposition is guilty of grossly misleading this House yesterday when he said that the government had lied about weapons of mass destruction. Yet he himself said on 7 February 2003:

No foreign office or defence department official anywhere on the globe entertains the view that Iraq does not have weapons of mass destruction.

The Leader of the Opposition—if ever there were somebody guilty—is guilty of misleading this House.

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