Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

When Australian ADF personnel last faced similar prosecutions in 2010, then Chief of Defence Force Angus Houston told this Senate that 'no expense will be spared' to fund the defence of soldiers facing prosecution. Will the minister—unlike just then—give a commitment and confirm that it is her expectation that legal assistance at Commonwealth expense will be afforded to any ADF or former ADF member facing criminal prosecution arising from their service in Afghanistan, including funding lawyers 'of their choice'?