Opposition leader’s claim Labor is ‘at odds with our allies’ an attempt to sow division, deputy prime minister says
The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, has said Australia is ‘on exactly the same page as the US’ after Peter Dutton said the country was ‘at odds with its allies’.The deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, has said Australia is ‘on exactly the same page as the US’ after Peter Dutton said the country was ‘at odds with its allies’.
“What we have seen is Peter Dutton seeking to exploit this moment to create division in Australian society and that should be condemned,” Marles said. Marles reiterated the government’s condemnation of the Hamas attack of 7 October including the continued holding of hostages, while saying the resulting conflict was an “absolute catastrophe”.
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