Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for her answer. Just in terms of protocols: will this legislation, when passed, make any difference to the way that the minister can receive information from the Chief of Navy, the Chief of Army and the Chief of Air Force—in other words, will there now be a flittering mechanism that has to go through the CDF, or is your access unfettered for those subtle, nuanced differences there may be between different parts of Defence?