Tony Abbott has caved to intense pressure from within his own government, Jacqui Lambie and the defence force community, and will not go ahead with scrapping some entitlements for Australian troops.
See the TV coverage of yesterday’s activity at Parliament House where an ADF parent Tony Dagger was escorted by an ADF member’s spouse, veterans and ADSO’s Les Bienkiewicz to deliver his petition to the Government and other Parliamentarians