abbott: gillard guilty of "bastardry", page-34

To say that propellor arms Gillard did not know of Abbotts visit suggests one of several scenarios.

She's lying
or

The defence force are lying
or

AS PM of the country she has no idea what is going on around her and is being lept in the dark if a politician (Abbott) can book a defence force flight into a war zone
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The Australian command in Afghanistan confirmed it had known about Mr Abbott's visit for more than two weeks. The head of Australia's Middle Eastern operations, Major General John Cantwell, said he had delayed taking leave to show Mr Abbott around Tarin Kowt.