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***E&OE Check against delivery*** Thank you very much Gordon for that wonderful introduction. Good morning. Firstly, can I say to Walter, thank you very much for that wonderful welcome to country, and I would like to acknowledge the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, and I also pay my respects to their elders past and present. As Minister for Defence, I also pay my respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women, who have served our nation with such great distinction both in times of peace and in times of war. I thank them for their service. Let me sincerely thank my very good friend Professor Gordon Flake,...