In defending his efforts to strip military awards, Angus Campbell has accused Jacqui Lambie and others of behaving like sharks in a feeding frenzy.
Defence Force chief Angus Campbell has defended his efforts to strip military awards from some Afghanistan war commanders as a furious Senator Jacqui Lambie threatened to disrupt Senate proceedings for a fortnight unless she is given more information about the process.
“I know that not only yourself but a range of other interested parties and the media are circling around this issue like great whites in a feeding frenzy,” Campbell told Lambie. Lambie said she believed Campbell had sent 24 such letters in recent months, but the defence chief said he did not agree with this number.
“Where is your command accountability?” she asked, saying he had “hung out to dry” those beneath him.called for Campbell to resign