Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

I can assure Senator Allison of one thing and that is that this Prime Minister and this government make our own decisions about what is in Australia’s interests and what commitments we will make overseas. We are not told by anybody what to do or what not to do. We make the decisions. We made the decision that we should increase our training commitment by 70 people to bring about what you apparently want, Senator Allison: to hasten the day on which the Iraqi people will be able to look after themselves and we can exit.