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

I again refer to my earlier answer, which is—

Again, I'll take Senator Ruston's comment. She seems to think she knows more than our intelligence agencies. I, and others, might have a view about perhaps approaching this with a little more respect for the experts who advise us. But what I would say is that this is not a political issue. This is security issue. This is an intelligence issue. This is not an issue that is about politics, and Senator Paterson knows that. He's been part of these processes.

Opposition senators interjecting—

I have addressed the substance, which is that we condemn the hateful comments. There's no place in Australia for this. We continue to take advice, as those opposite did, from our security and intelligence agencies. (Time expired)