Stephen Smith (Perth, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Major General Cantwell is a respected former member of the Australian Defence Force. He has made his own substantial contribution. I am not proposing to get into a running commentary about who said what to whom; I simply make the point that I was surprised, disappointed and saddened by the contribution that he made. It was a wrong and unfair depiction of my visit to Afghanistan and a wrong and unfair depiction of my contribution to our forces in the field.

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