Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

As the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate well knows, the government categorically rejects any proposition based on the notion that our ultimate withdrawal from Iraq should be based on the calendar and not on conditions. Our position is clear. Our position in Iraq and any ultimate withdrawal of our troops should be based on the conditions in that country permitting such a withdrawal and not on some arbitrary timetable as indicated by the opposition.