Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Hasn't the minister's refusal to take responsibility for the health and safety of Navy personnel in Operation Sovereign Borders—as demonstrated again here today—or to answer any questions about it, allowed a cloud to hang over our Navy personnel? Is it not time the minister allowed the Navy to respond and to clear up the mess that this government's secrecy is creating?