Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Science and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, your defence minister gave assurances to this House that no SAS soldier would be financially disadvantaged and there would be no retribution for raising the issue outside the chain of command. Prime Minister, are you aware that the SAS soldiers have now been called in, one by one, and required to sign statements that they were not responsible for the publication of an email threatening disciplinary action if soldiers went outside the chain of command over the pay scandal? Prime Minister, the guarantees of your defence minister mean absolutely nothing. Prime Minister, how can you still have confidence in your defence minister when our soldiers do not?

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