Mr THOMPSON (Herbert) (13:33): The Labor defence minister is failing the brave men and women of the Australian Defence Force. Just recently, soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment travelled to South Korea to participate, with 10 other nations, in Exercise Tiger Dingo. You would think they would have all the equipment and the gear that they need to represent us on the international stage. Well, you'd be wrong. They weren't issued cold-weather gear. They got told there isn't enough for them, so we had people who had to go buy their own. Others got a portion of funding to be able to do it. All in all, that's quite embarrassing that we can't even support our people on exercise. How are we supposed to do it in combat? If you look at what's happening in the special forces world, we've got dog restraints that you can use in New South Wales but that you can't use in Queensland or in Western Australia. They're not nationalised, so we're not training our people in country on how we'd do it overseas. We need our people to be able to train how they will fight. We need to make sure there's a national standard when it comes to supporting the Australian Defence Force. Whether you're an MP, an engineer with a dog or a dog handler in the special forces world, we should all have the same rules. Instead, we have a defence minister more worried about the back nine and his handicap on the golf course. We need a minister that stands up for the ADF.