Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the British did not know, can we have a clarification from the minister as to whether Australia new before this was announced? Secondly, isn't the partnership between the international Afghan forces the core of the mission? If that is the case, doesn't this decision to abandon the core of the mission by keeping Afghan and coalition forces at arms-length mean that there is no longer any rationale for keeping our troops in Afghanistan? Should we not now be bringing our troops home as safely and quickly as possible?