Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
No, he doesn't have an ax to grind.
Nope.
Keating or Fowler?
Where is the error in what the article at previous link contains? I haven't read the book.
I can also only see the explanation as "short-term political advantage" on one side and "fear of being wedged" on the other.
Years back, Dutton as Defence Minister, in a TV interview conceded the decision was only known by a hand full of people before it was disclosed.
How long did the coalition give the ALP to take a position on the plan before the announcement? What restrictions were placed on the senior ALP leadership in discussing what was proposed within their party? So much for the bipartisanship in Defence decision making that Linda Reynolds was at one point striving to achieve.