Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I repeat—upgrades to Orion maritime patrol aircraft, C130J aircraft and Anzac class ships. I repeat that there is also a planned reduction of 1,000 civilian positions in the defence department and they will be achieved primarily through natural attrition and tightening of recruitment practices. Most savings are coming from deferring some defence acquisitions and adjusting the defence capital equipment program but also from delivering further operating efficiencies. None of the savings will impede our nation's defences. The government has made its choices very carefully. There will be no adverse impact on operations at fully funded. There will be no adverse impact on military numbers: Navy, Army, Air Force. There will be no adverse implications for kit for forces about to be deployed or on deployment—