Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, despite the increased number of starred officers, the ADF continues to get no better at procurement and puts our national security at risk. There is a long list of failures from helicopters to submarines to ships and much more. Neither the Chief of the Defence Force nor the secretary—both lifelong bureaucrats in Defence—has owned up to any of its failings or taken responsibility. The only consistent 'general' these men have is general incompetence. Minister, why is the government swallowing everything the ADF gives it and not holding either the CDF or the secretary to account?