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

Mr President, I have a supplementary question. I refer the minister to comments of former Army chief Professor Peter Leahy, who said that he was concerned at the impact of budget cuts across a range of defence areas including special forces training, warning it would impact on morale and readiness in the future. In light of Professor Leahy's statement, will the minister categorically rule out further budgetary vandalism to the Defence Force budget in MYEFO?