Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Just yesterday, we had an Australian Green asserting that Senator Bernardi had said something, and Senator Bernardi came into the chamber later, after question time, absolutely debunking—and exposing the falsehood of—the Green's assertion. The Greens have a record, in this area, of misquoting people and then trying to get cheap headlines. I will not give credibility to the assertion that is implicit in the question from the Leader of the Australian Greens.

The Prime Minister has a great respect and regard for our military personnel, especially the chiefs, and he would not seek to intervene in relation to their activities and interoperational matters, which are ultimately designed to have the best strategic impact and not the sort of— (Time expired)