DEFENCE Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has admitted taking a close friend on an official visit to Turkey and war-torn Afghanistan, a move dubbed "terrorism tourism" by the Coalition.
The revelation has sparked immediate calls from the Opposition to explain the security implications of Scott Holmes' inclusion in Mr Fitzgibbon's official party and what additional risks his presence posed to Mr Fitzgibbon's Defence Force detail in Afghanistan.
Mr Fitzgibbon's office has confirmed that Professor Holmes, an academic from the University of Newcastle in Mr Fitzgibbon's electorate of Hunter, accompanied the minister on his official tours in May this year.....
Professor Holmes, who specialises in small business economics, has no expertise in either security or defence issues.
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