Brendan Nelson (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I turn to page 95 in the book where, in relation to US facilities in Australia, the member for Kingsford Smith says:

I look forward to the day when the eviction notices are formally presented to the American Secretary of State by the elected leader of the Australian people.

In fact, he also criticised the US Secretary of the Navy because he “believes in winning wars”. So the alternative government of Australia has one in four people in its ranks who believe the United States is a threat to the security of Australia, it has five frontbenchers who will not support a US base facility—to support our troops as much as its own—and it also has a frontbencher who is looking forward to the day when the leader of Australia ‘evicts the United States and its facilities from this country’. It is time that the Labor Party stood up for Australia, the Australia-US alliance and Australia’s best interest.

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