Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I've already said what we did in the immediate aftermath of the 14 December attack. I didn't say when the NSC met—I can't talk about that, obviously. There wasn't any forum where I was, 'Okay, why don't we set up a committee?' What it was was: 'How do we act? How do we keep people safe? What do we need to do immediately?' That was the priority.

But the Leader of the Opposition, during all of that time—and as we have seen again today, in spite of the fact they voted for some of the legislation—voted against the areas of national security. I tell you what—see if you can find a national security expert that doesn't support the gun laws that went through this parliament with the support of this side but not that side. One of the problems we've had throughout this is the gap between the rhetoric of those opposite and what they've actually done. They said they had legislation and they didn't.

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