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

I have not ever suggested or even implied that the member for Hunter would be in the 25 per cent of Labor MPs who think the US is a threat to Australia’s security. The member for Banks, to his credit, whilst not being involved in the Defence portfolio particularly but having a keen interest in the Australia-US alliance, took the initiative to ask me a question about this. Had the member for Hunter been carefully listening to the answer, he would know that I had said that the final negotiations are not yet concluded.

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