Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) | Hansard source

If I'm asked to compare the pair, I will compare the pair, Mr Speaker. If you ask about this government's policy to keep our country safe and secure, this Prime Minister and this government entered into the AUKUS agreement with our most important allies to keep our country safe. That Leader of the Opposition, when he was Kevin Rudd's Deputy Prime Minister, did nothing at all except rip money out of defence. If I'm asked to compare the pair, this Prime Minister has presided over a massive build-up of investment in our Defence Force personnel and in the equipment we're buying them. What did this Leader of the Opposition do? He demonstrated weakness as part of a government that was incompetent and hopeless when it came to national security.

I'm asked about national security. The approach of this Prime Minister of this government was to keep our borders secure.

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