Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I am not going to get into the detail of the matters raised in Senator Milne's question. There are a lot of sensitivities around the matters raised. Secondly, in this world often very difficult choices need to be made, and I am reminded of the Second World War where the freedom-loving nations of the world sided with the Communist regimes to get rid of the national socialism regime of Germany and it spread across Europe.

I think the Prime Minister described it in Syria as, if I recall, 'baddies against baddies' and it is a bit hard to make a judgement call. Here we have the Green senators willing to shake their heads. They undoubtedly support— (Time expired)