Steve Fielding (Victoria, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

My first question had to do with the issue of the shortage of doctors in the defence forces because of poor treatment of some of the doctors. Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Can the government advise the chamber whether our troops are now at greater risk because the ADF has been forced to use less skilled contractors instead of ADF trained medical officers? Is the shortage of medical officers affecting what operations we can participate in overseas?