Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I know that the names in the document have been blanked out—and I know that from Senate estimates—so there is not a privacy issue. It would be helpful, because, as I said, last October I immediately directed the CDF and the Chief of Army to put an immediate stop on any recovery action—a stop that has been in place up until this time. It could be that recovery for some other reason was taking place. If the opposition want to share the information with me, I will be happy to assist in any way that I can. Defence recovers debts for various reasons, and I am advised that, given the stop, this is not likely to be a case where someone has been affected by the implementation of the DFRT’s decision.

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