Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable senator for his supplementary question. I will take him back to my initial answer. This was, indeed, not a uniquely Australian memorial; it was an international memorial. The people who had the greatest involvement in this from a personal point of view were the families. It is not up to this chamber or me or the defence minister to lecture families about what is the appropriate course of action to be taken with a memorial that is in honour of their sons. We took appropriate action. Defence took appropriate action on the back of those consultations. I am sure the honourable senator is not suggesting it, but we most certainly were not going to do anything other than in accordance with the wishes of the families. (Time expired)