Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, she emailed my office and, properly, she got a response. I was asked yesterday if I had met with anyone or talked with anyone. I said, ‘Yes, I met them at Campbell Barracks and one woman tried to ring.’ I did not know there was a link between her email and a phone call. It is just a silly proposition to suggest I would know that.

I do know about one link, and I do not make a big deal of it. I am pretty sure—and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition did not mention this—that the lady, the partner, who contacted me and whose action has been taken care of is the partner of the soldier who appears on the pay slip.

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