Senator Bob Carr: The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question: There are no savings associated with the ‘SRP Stream Costs’. The ‘SRP Stream Costs’ are those funds allocated for investment in stream reform. The SRP includes over $2 billion in the Defence Budget to 2018-19 in order to support investment and enable implementation of reforms. In 2011-12, investments to enable reforms have been made in Information and Communications Technology, Smart Sustainment (including Inventory), Logistics, Preparedness and personnel and operating costs, Reserves and Workforce and Shared Services.