The departure of the head of the Defence Capability Group, Air Marshall John Harvey, is another worrying sign of Labor’s deteriorating relationship with Defence. The sudden and unexplained departure of Air Marshall Harvey last month, to take up ‘gardening leave’, is a sign that all is not well in Defence procurement. Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for [...]
Coalition Welcomes Phased Array Radar Export Boost The Coalition has welcomed the news today that an innovative Australian radar for our navy frigates has been removed from the Government’s Projects of Concern list. “This Australian product, which was first approved under the Howard government, has long been seen as having exciting export potential,” Shadow Parliamentary [...]
Today’s release of the Natural Disaster Insurance Review must be followed by action, Coalition spokesperson on emergency management Senator Humphries said today. Yet the Government has cherry-picked the simplest of the recommendations and has left all the tough decisions hanging on further reviews. “Of the 47 recommendations, the Government has deferred decisions on 39 until [...]
The Federal Labor Government has more work to do before it claims success on the Air Force’s air-to-air refueller project, the Opposition has warned today. “The Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) project remains a Project of Concern and is not yet fully operational,” Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel, Senator Gary Humphries said today. “For Minister [...]
The Australian Government has been criticised for celebrating the awarding of a defence contract that only became possible because another Australian company went bankrupt. Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Materiel, Senator Gary Humphries, said the Labor Government needed to do more to support Australian defence industry, after it congratulated Boeing for salvaging a contract relating [...]
Senator Humphries’ speeches to the Senate