Payne, Sen Marise

Senator PAYNE (New South Wales—Minister for Defence) (14:30): As I indicated in reference to particularly the logistics aspects of the white paper, that is the point that Senator Madigan should take his reference from, if I may say. But I would not like Senator Madigan to go away from this discussion thinking this is not an issue (a) to which Defence has turned its mind and (b) which Defence works on regularly, given its importance in terms of our day-to-day operations, let alone operations in extremis. That, Senator Madigan, I can absolutely assure you is the case. It is a matter on which we place significant focus and on which we do a great deal of work.