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

18 February, which has now extinguished all debts. No member of the ADF now has a debt as a result of the implementation of the rem tribunal’s decision. There is one other thing I have done. I have ensured that this will not happen in the future by making sure that all qualifications in the future are granted formally and by ensuring that we make the appropriate investment in our ICT systems. If the former government had done that back in 2006, we would not be having this debate today.

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