Gai Brodtmann Canberra, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence
2:27 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Given the Minister for Defence's disgraceful cuts to the real wages and conditions of our Defence men and women, will the Prime Minister now sack the Minister for Defence?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
2:28 pm
The government is proposing a 1½ per cent increase for members of our Defence Force, so the premise of the member's question is simply false—simply false. If members opposite want to have a proper debate in this House they should deal with facts, not fiction.
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Opposition Members:
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Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The member for Griffith and the member for Lingiari will desist!
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
I have concluded my answer.