David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I only laughed, Senator Xenophon, because the proliferation of committees in this place, I am sure, is driving many of my Senate colleagues to distraction.

Senator Xenophon interjecting—

That is true. I am not denouncing your remarks, but I am chuckling at them! Notwithstanding what you say about a standing committee—and I cannot possibly comment on that—all I can really say about the review, based on the instructions I have, is that, yes, it would be conducted within the time frame of the next 12 months and it would be conducted by the department.