Deputy PM Richard Marles speaks to the media in Tasmania, Australia, on May 3, 2023. Steve Bell/Getty Images
The deputy prime minister has attempted to stake Labor’s claim as the historic party of national security in a full-throated defence of AUKUS.
Speaking at WA Labor’s state conference in Fremantle, Defence Minister Richard Marles claimed security was “an innately Labor issue,” after years of polling showing the party was viewed as weak on defence.
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