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Defence secretary rolls eyes at his minister

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Is this the second parliamentarian to roll their eyes at a fellow colleague in less than two weeks?

In this video caught on Wednesday, Defence Secretary Dennis Richardson doesn’t appear to be in total agreement with Defence Minister Kevin Andrews.

Or perhaps he just has something in his eye?

Mr Andrews was speaking about the release of the long-awaited First Principles review, along with the government’s response, to try to improve the efficiency of defence.

About 1,000 job losses and a change to the way Australia’s military service chiefs work will form part of the biggest shake-up of defence in more than two decades.

Meanwhile, last Monday Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was caught rolling her eyes at Treasurer Joe Hockey at the mention of Cabinet’s budget razor gang in a speech as Parliament paused to mark the death of Malcolm Fraser.

Parliament suspended usual business as MPs from both major parties paid tribute to the former prime minister.

“He was the great initiator, and we will be forever thankful … of the Expenditure Review Committee,” Mr Hockey said.

Responding to laughter and murmurs on Government benches, the Treasurer continued, “that committee has endured — much to the chagrin of my colleagues”.

Education Minister Christopher Pyne and several backbenchers were also seen to laugh at the mention.

The Foreign Minister shook her head and held her head in her hands.

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Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne react to Joe Hockey’s speech.

 

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