Alex Hawke (Mitchell, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Assistant Minister for Defence. I remind the minister of this statement of the Leader of the Opposition of 23 January this year:

… what I won't do is join in and start attacking our own military personnel … I for one don’t want to see our military being used as some sort of political football.

Minister, how does that compare with the statements made in Senate estimates by the shadow minister for Defence yesterday, and the Leader of the Opposition's response today? And why is this matter important with respect to the morale of the men and women of our Defence forces?

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