Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, good try! Before the 2007 and 2010 elections, the Labor Party guaranteed that defence would have three per cent real growth—guaranteed. The current budget has a 10 per cent decline in real terms. Minister, can you inform the House of what guarantees or promises can be believed at all from this government with respect to defence?

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