PUP Senator Jacqui Lambie asks the Vice Chief of the Defence Force about the possibility of Ebola-infected suicide bombers being used against Australia. Courtesy: Sky News

JACQUI LAMBIE has questioned the military’s leaders on the potential of terrorists attacking Australia and its military using the deadly Ebola virus.

“Do you have any information to suggest that Australia’s enemies could attack our country or military using the virus,” the Palmer United Party Senator asked Vice Admiral Ray Griggs at a senate estimates hearing.

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“For example, with suicide agents who are affected with the disease or have access to bodily fluids containing the disease,” she went on.

“What is your contingency plan to fight this?”

The Vice Chief of the Defence Force replied “I don’t believe there is any evidence to suggest that that is a likely course of action”.

“One of the things that we have playing to our advantage is our geographic isolation and the length of time that it takes simply to get to Australia.”

“Senator, our men and women are as protected as anyone else in the country is,” the Vice Admiral said.

He said the response to the “hypothetical situation” would be the same as any other outbreak of Ebola in Australia.

Twitter was more than a little amused.

@James_Jeffrey:Bill Shorten's face as he absorbed the news about Jacqui Lambie's Ebola-infected suicidebomber theory. pic.twitter.com/tLzrJojHcw — Mango Tree Books (@mangotree_books) October 22, 2014

. @denhamsadler Does the ADF have a contingency plan in case Jacqui Lambie takes control. Or has Ebola? — Richard Ferguson (@RichAFerguson) October 22, 2014