Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question without notice is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. What is the government's response to news in the Fairfax press today that the commander of the Afghan troops being trained by Australians, Brigadier General Mohammed Khan, has said that three years is too long for Australian troops to remain in Oruzgan province? Why did the Prime Minister—I cannot ask about the Leader of the Opposition—not refer to the headlines in today's Fairfax press in her statement to the House today?