David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, the question was clear. Acknowledging the very real impact of sovereignty on Australia, with US nuclear submarines stationed here—we built the bases for them: $8 billion of Australian public money for building the bases for US nuclear submarines—how do you match our utter dependence on the United States, on personnel, on procurement, and our inability to stand up with an illegal war? How do you really match our utter dependence as a vassal with any kind of independent sovereignty? (Time expired)