Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Defence. Will the minister confirm the accuracy of the account of his visit to Afghanistan relayed by Major General Cantwell in the Sydney Morning Herald last Saturday,in which Major-General Cantwell said that at the official briefing from Australian commanders he had no questions to ask, that at the official briefing on the joint US-Australian operations he had no questions to ask other than, 'What's next?' and that at a gathering of our soldiers in one of our forward operating bases he was reluctant to take their questions?

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