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

Mr President, I have a supplementary question. Minister, given the statements by the then opposition leader, Simon Crean, that the Howard government had lied to the Australian people about the basis for its decision to go to war, and the ALP's condemnation of the decision, is it now the government's position that any decision to put Australian troops in harm's way should be made by the elected representatives of the parliament, not by an executive which relies on and releases only selective information?