Wiley said: However, too many of the bad decisions on equipment purchases for the military were made by the Opposition when they were in power.
Yes, correct. But they can claim that withdrawal of UH-1H is current Govt decision, and push the sense and economy of keeping the airframes.
Remember too, it was the Libs that pushed the increase in Defence spending, and the supplementary allocations for C-17 and F/A-18F acquisitions - you will never see Labor do that.