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

The reason for this decision on howitzers was announced by the Minister for Defence. In October 2009 the government announced it would acquire four batteries of lightweight towed howitzers, and the government announced the cancellation of the acquisition of self-propelled on the highest advice of the people in the armed forces. Was it supposed to do a different thing? Was it supposed to ignore that advice it received from the highest levels of the ADF on the recommendation of Defence— (Time expired)