Senator PAYNE (New South Wales—Minister for Defence) (14:20): I fail to see how that is supplementary to either the previous answer or the initial question. What the government has done is to very carefully set out a process across our strategic defence objectives and our strategic defence interests, which I outlined to Senator Back in some detail. They should provide the assurance for Senator Whish-Wilson and the Greens of the very strong basis for the decisions made in this white paper.
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