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

What overshadowed the Leader of the Opposition's Defence speech was that, within 24 hours, we had the shadow minister briefing out that he'd absolutely not been consulted on it, which is a demonstration that, no matter what they are talking about, what fundamentally characterises the coalition is that they are deeply divided. Then again, why would the Leader of the Opposition consult with this shadow minister when, in this very week, you've got Brutus 1 here and Brutus 2 up there engaging in the most unedifying knife-sharpening competition, while those opposite—

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