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

I responded by being clear that we are engaged in collective self-defence with the gulf nations, and I explained why that is in our national interest and why civilians are at risk. We are working to protect civilians. I do find it passing strange. The Greens political party are entitled to be pacifists, but you do not seem to be concerned about civilian lives in gulf states, including Australians. We are not taking offensive action against—