List of Recommendations

Recommendation 1

2.98
Noting bipartisan support for AUKUS and to ensure delivery of critical military capability, that the Government establish a bipartisan process to oversee the implementation of the AUKUS partnership and the delivery of the AUKUS objectives and military capability.

Recommendation 2

3.33
That the Department of Defence provide in a manner suitable for publication:
an explanation as to why the Department informed the Parliament that the cost of the Future Submarine Program was $50 billion out-turned when the Department of Finance already had put that figure significantly higher; and
an explanation for the claim that the original tender for the Attack-class was $20 billion—$25 billion range in 2016 dollars rather that the $50 billion that has since 2016 consistently been cited by both the Government and the Department.

Recommendation 3

3.50
With the aim of increasing its staff’s awareness of their democratic responsibilities:
the Department of Defence re-examine its induction and training programs and corporate culture regarding its role as a department answerable to the Australian people through the processes of the Australian Parliament; and
report back to the Parliament on the progress it making on those induction and training programs.

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Past Public Hearings

17 Nov 2021: Canberra
15 Oct 2021: Canberra
06 Aug 2021: Canberra