Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

This is being done in line with a recommendation of the Defence Strategic Review, and the process for managing the manufacture of those vehicles will now be handled by the Minister for Defence Industry. This is obviously a difficult decision, and there are many who disagree with it, including, apparently, those opposite. But no-one is suggesting that Australia's principal threat is an invasion of the continent. What we need is a nimble and mobile Army.

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