Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I first would say, Senator Lambie, that obviously there are a number of assertions again in that question that the government does not accept. I appreciate that that is the position you've put, including in estimates, to the CDF. I'd make the point that the CDF is seeking to act on the outstanding recommendations of the Brereton report. I'd also make the point that the decision to cancel any award is made by the Governor-General. There's currently a process in relation to that, and I'm not in a position to pre-empt that process. I wasn't at estimates when these questions were being asked, but I do understand that the Chief of the Defence Force responded to a number of the assertions, including those that you make today, about the role he has played.