Rex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I have a concern that removal of this citation will affect more than 3,000 people, most of whom served their country extremely well. The removal of the citation may, perhaps, wrongfully imply wrongdoing. We should specifically target those people who have done wrong in Afghanistan and be very, very specific and surgical about how we do that. That includes soldiers and officers. At this stage, we should rule out removing that citation unless we get an understanding that there was significant knowledge right throughout the units as to the conduct. The Brereton report does not in any way suggest that is the case.