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

The fact Senator Conroy would not want to come to terms with is that for the first time in six years the Australian government has put proper resourcing on the table for the Defence portfolio, with a view to rebuilding—particularly the capital account that was so viciously savaged by the incompetence of the last government. What the CDF—if the senator had the capacity to understand the way the Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal works—has sought to do is balance his budget in confronting a number of significant challenges—