Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise to ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to comments by the education minister, Mr Pyne that 'The Minister for Defence shouldn't have made that statement', and 'The Prime Minister has made it clear that he does not support that statement.' If the Defence minister has lost the confidence of his cabinet colleagues, how can he continue in his role?