Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The government has been working to repair our international relationships in order to make us stronger and more influential in the world, and we've done so consistently, we've done so calmly, and we've done so without compromising on what is important to Australians. That is why we are working to progress AUKUS, the agreement with our partners in the United States and the United Kingdom. That is why we are implementing the Defence Strategic Review. That's why we are working so hard to have open dialogue and close engagement with our friends and partners.

Australia wants to contribute to a strategic balance, and that is what we are doing, because it is that strategic balance which underpins the stability, prosperity and peace that all of us seek. What we unfortunately have from Mr Dutton is the same failed old playbook. For nine long years, those opposite were more interested in gaining attention than getting outcomes, despite the fact that they themselves proved that shouting about national security did nothing to make Australia more secure.