David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

With respect, that answer is inconsistent with Senator Faulkner’s answer when he said that half of the patrol boats would be withdrawn. But we will bat on. Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the Oceanic Viking has been moored in Hobart for the last several weeks, will the government be deploying it to our northern waters to plug the massive maritime gaps left in our border as a result of the government’s decision to stand down most of our Navy for two months of Christmas holidays?