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

Five days after this problem became apparent—that is, after the parliament rose—I made my way to Western Australia to Campbell Barracks, Swanbourne. Why did I go to Swanbourne? I went to speak personally with members of the regiment about this issue to get to the bottom of it, not just to listen to what the chiefs were telling me but to go and see the boys and find out what was going on. I had an afternoon tea with members of the regiment and, as I always do, I asked: is there anything more we can do for you? Is there anything we are not doing well? Are you getting all the training, capability and protection you need? What about this pay issue they are telling me about? No-one raised it with me—I am serious.

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