John Faulkner (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a very brief statement. I just want to correct a date in the Hansard.

Leave granted.

I thank the chamber. I want to add to a response I gave to a question on Wednesday of last week. In that answer I stated that the closure of RAAF Glenbrook was a decision of the previous government and that it will be closed next year. I have been advised by Defence that, while originally scheduled for closure in 2010, requirements to construct facilities at RAAF Amberley have delayed the planned closure. The best advice I can give the Senate at the moment is that Defence are now planning to close RAAF Glenbrook by mid-2015. I appreciate the Senate providing me with that courtesy.