David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I think, Senator, you might be hearkening back to a motion moved in the Senate by the Greens party recommending that this matter be looked at again by JSCOT. You are looking at me quizzically, so perhaps you were not hearkening back to that, but I am guessing you were.

I would say, no, the government did not see the need for a further inquiry, but of course in no way do we shy away from or seek that JSCOT desist from analysing this material. JSCOT has its responsibilities. Its members remain faithful to its mandate, and I do not see any difficulty for us in the work of JSCOT or its deliberations here.