David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to say that we are opposed to each of these amendments. The folly here is that we are linking a cost-benefit analysis to the plan; it is the project proposal that is subject to the analysis, and that methodology and that system are set out clearly on the website. I should remind senators that this system has been in place and working successfully, to some greater or lesser extent, for the past six years. I find it a little ironic that we are going to make these sorts of amendments. The government is opposed to these amendments.