House debates

Thursday, 24 July 2025

Questions without Notice

International Relations: Australia and China

2:44 pm

Photo of Angus TaylorAngus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's answer yesterday when he said the circumnavigation of Australia by Chinese Communist Party warships needed to be viewed in the context that Australia participates in the South China Sea. Is the Prime Minister seriously suggesting that, because Australia engages with allies in the South China Sea, the Chinese Communist Party is free to conduct live fire exercises without warnings off the South Coast of New South Wales?

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