Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Mackellar, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister. It relates to the latest announcement from the Prime Minister that he is going to take over two of the refuelling aircraft that have been purchased for the single purpose of refuelling RAAF aircraft to protect the nation and will fit them out with great luxury—with bedrooms and first-class compartments—and have two of these for his personal movements. I have several questions with regard to this. How will it affect the RAAF’s capability, as the planes have been acquired for air-to-air refuelling? What is going to happen if the RAAF requires the planes and the Prime Minister says, ‘No, I need them for my comfort’? Does he get precedence? More particularly, I want to know whether PM&C is going to pay for the conversion of these planes—

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