Barry O'Sullivan (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 839 by amending paragraph (c).

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate notes:

(a) the important role that Australian service men and women play in humanitarian, disaster relief, peacekeeping and aid provision throughout our region;

(b) that the Australian military’s success on operations is founded in excellence in training and preparation—a large part of this is regular exercises that test our military’s ability to respond to various situations; and

(c) that unlawful disruption of the ongoing training and preparation of our military with exercises that test the crisis-action planning and contingency response capacity of our armed forces, such as Exercise Talisman Sabre and Exercise Hamel, jeopardises the ability of our service men and women to prepare for the challenges they confront in representing our national interests.

Question agreed to.