Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

It has been an interesting start for the shadow minister for his new portfolio. It is a place where words matter, where much is read from little, and we have seen the shadow minister all over the place in terms of the way in which he is describing events internationally and, more to the point, the way in which he's asking questions in this place. But the shadow portfolio that he holds and the portfolio that I hold come with an enormous amount of responsibility for the national interest, and pursuing whatever interest he might have within the Liberal Party, in terms of that chair, should not be done at the expense of the national interest.

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