Senator Bob Carr: The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question: This question has been previously answered under Parliamentary Senate Question on Notice No. 1626 on 18 June 2012 for the period of 1 July to 31 December 2011. The response to that question remains correct. There have been no 'one-off' savings in relation to the use of Reserves on operations for the period of 1 January to 30 June 2012.