Meryl Swanson (Paterson, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

No, that's what he said. Also, I can't help but engender the spirit of Anzac. No-one was thumbing their nose at the New Zealanders in the First World War when we stood shoulder to shoulder and formed that incredible bond that we still hold and stand with 100 years later. We were proud to stand with our New Zealand friends in 1914 and beyond. I can tell you everyone I speak to in our current modern military is more than happy to welcome our friends from New Zealand, from our Five Eyes partners, to be in our modern military, because we recognise we do need them. What we have is a forward-thinking government that wants to look after our military. We know we need to be flexible, we know we need to be surefooted and, the most important thing is, we know that we need to spend the money and that's what we are doing, so we are working with our Five Eyes partners and we are answering the call of our country.

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