Mark Bishop (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry, Procurement and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have a supplementary question arising out of the minister’s response. Doesn’t the High Court challenge expose the government’s failure to implement critical reform of the military justice system, as recommended by the Senate committee last year? Isn’t it the case that, had the government accepted the Senate inquiry’s recommendations, it would not now have to face the problem posed by this challenge, which leaves Defence with no means of upholding military discipline in the meantime?