Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I made the point, quite openly and honestly, that the suggestion that the defence forces could be a replacement workforce for the aged-care sector was not a realistic option. That's all I've said. That is not what the government has now done. I was very clear yesterday about what the targeted involvement would be of the defence forces, as I asked them on the very day the Leader of the Labor Party accuses me of saying they had no role. On the very day, or thereabouts, I spoke to the Vice Chief of Defence Force and asked him to work—

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