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Chair's Foreword

Members

  Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
  Defence Sub Committee
  Secretariat

Terms of Reference

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

  The case for change
  Benefits of parliamentary engagement
  The way forward

List of Recommendations

1. Introduction

  Overview of inquiry
  Conduct of the inquiry
  Outline of report

2. Defining bipartisanship

  Bipartisanship and defence
  A definition of bipartisanship

3. Defence capability planning in Australia

  Australia’s strategic outlook
  Defence capability planning

4. International models of bipartisanship

  International examples of bipartisanship

5. Benefits and risks of bipartisanship

  Benefits
  Risks

6. A new model for Parliamentary engagement and bipartisanship

  Improving Parliamentary engagement
  Proposal for a new, statutory Defence Committee

A. Submissions and evidence

  Submissions
  Exhibits
  Answers to questions on notice

B. Witnesses