Mr. Mark Keane:

Our fear is that it will start with the military prosecutor or military judge. We have people who are enlisted NCOs who work in offices in various sensitive parts of the Defence Forces. Are they next? When will it stop? Will it be when representation is back where it was before 1990, in 1988 or 1989 when we were in the wilderness. PDFORRA and RACO were formed to service members and highlight the concerns of people who have enlisted and are commissioned in the Defence Forces. We have a mandate from the people who elect us. This cannot be allowed to happen. No other organisation is under threat. We already have the draconian measure, Defence Force Regulation S6, and now the Government wants to narrow that to make it tighter again. We would fail to function. People would be left without a voice. We are the only voice they have so I ask the committee to review this.