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

My question is to the Minister for Defence. When did the minister, or his office, first advise the Acting Chief of the Defence Force of the government's announcement on Jerusalem?

Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister for defence for his question. It could be his first question to me as the Minister for Defence. As he would know, I have almost daily conversations with the secretary of Defence and, quite often—not quite daily, but certainly two or three times a week—with the Chief of the Defence Force, and I'm not in the habit of revealing those conversations to the House.