House debates Questions without Notice
National Security
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
2:10 pm
It will be much less lofty now, I suspect, Mr Speaker.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
We'll see the answer. My question is to the Prime Minister and it goes to national security. Does the Prime Minister doubt which side people are on when they support the unanimous position of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security?
Scott Morrison Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
2:11 pm
I thank the member for his question and for raising the role of the joint standing committee. The joint standing committee on these matters does important work in this parliament, and, when members come to that committee, they bring forward the positions of their various parties to address the national security issues the country faces. What I have noted in my time in this place is that it has always been those who sit on this side of the House who have brought the stronger position. It is always those who sit on this side of the House with the measures that we've brought before that committee. The matters have been sought to be watered down. Therefore it is always going to be the action of my government to ensure that, where those matters are watered down, we will always seek to remedy it—
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
What rubbish!
Scott Morrison Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
and always keep Australia strong.