My sense of it, Mr. Gerretsen, is that there is a more ingrained sense of threat in terms of Australian community perceptions. It was once explained by a former Australian foreign minister when he said that Australia feels “the hot breath” of Asia on its neck. I think that kind of goes to our different strategic geography and an ingrained Australian sense of there always being some potential vulnerability on the strategic front.
On February 14th, 2017. See this statement in context.