List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

1.98

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence provide a short update to the Committee within the first two months of the 47th Parliament on the latest impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on major projects.

Recommendation 2

1.100

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence revisit its effort to provide criteria for projects to enter and exit the Projects of Concern and Projects of Interest categories and create processes for their consistent application, enabling these to be reviewed as part of the next MPR, and that the ANAO gives further consideration to these issues in the next MPR.

Recommendation 3

1.102

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence provide an update within the first two months of the 47th Parliament on the implementation of the new risk management system and advise which, if any, projects have not fully transitioned.

Recommendation 4

1.104

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence provide a clear definition of any term used in Project Data Summary Sheets or elsewhere in the Major Projects Report that is associated with a delta or deviation from a project milestone being achieved, to ensure that the use of such a term does not undermine the validity of the milestone having been achieved.

Recommendation 5

1.106

The Committee recommends that the Department of Defence and the ANAO provide the Committee with a joint briefing on the outcome of the Smart Buyer review in the next Parliament so that the Committee can consider changes to MPR processes and scope if warranted.

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