In election debate, Labor’s Brendan O’Connor says defence minister’s line of attack on China is for his own political purposes
involve itself in our matters from time to time improperly”, but said that Dutton’s line of attack against Labor was tailored for his own political purposes.
Dutton said: “So, do I think that we would shirk away from our responsibility to be a good ally with the United States? No, I don’t. And I don’t think that that would be in the interests of our country.” Dutton attempted to pressure O’Connor over asylum seeker policy, saying that when the Labor MP “sat around the national security committee table, you were responsible for the arrival of some 12,000 people and 184 boats”.
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