House debates

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Bills

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013; Consideration in Detail

11:04 am

Photo of Warren SnowdonWarren Snowdon (Lingiari, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

I am happy to respond to your question, and I will. You cannot jump from the Defence portfolio, where we are identifying $5.4 billion worth of savings, and come at us when I ask you, 'What are you committed to?' with a measure which is going to cost another $175 million—or, in fact, $6.2 billion over time.

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