RaymondPierreL3Defence spending has gone more opaque. Yet another example of this #Labor govt getting more secretive under the broad excuse of '#NationalSecurity'. Oversight of Defence procurement will now be the responsibility of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD) taking over from the Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit. The JSCD will be able to take in classified information and hence we can expect anything the committee hears and scrutinises will not be revealed publically. This is from ASPI (right-wing think tank, but valuable info nonetheless).
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The biggest window into Australian defence acquisition has closed | The Strategist
The main mechanism by which Defence is held accountable to the public for management of its A$20-billion-per-year capability acquisition program has ended. In a press release on 6 March, the Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public ...