A former Defence Minister has warned that the handling of the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith will cause people to reconsider joining the Australian Defence Force.

Joel Fitzgibbon has told Luke Grant, filling in for Mark Levy, that it’ll be harder for the ADF to get recruits.

“It doesn’t look like the people pushing you in that direction are going to be there when you really need them,” he said.

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