Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

That was more or less exactly the sort of answer I was expecting, so that is appreciated. I can let the chamber know now that before I move the amendments I do intend to dwell at some length and go through some reasonably detailed questions on why the government has chosen to draft the bill in the way that it has. So I indicate that potentially, depending on the way the debate flows, we may have to go until tomorrow morning and I will understand if the officers from the department are unable to provide that information tonight. I am seeking more fine-grained information than that it is simply deployed by the US Air Force or the US Marine Corps because we are now getting to the point where information is becoming available as to the kinds of aircraft that would be temporarily posted to Tindal, for example, and I would like to know whether they are the sorts of aircraft that could potentially be capable of deploying these weapons.