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 [...]
Despite, riots, fires and dangerous rooftop protests in Australia’s immigration detention network, there is still no legal clarity on who does what when it comes to policing immigration detention. After questioning the Australian Federal Police about the respective responsibilities of state/territory police and the AFP, Senator Humphries was told that no memorandum of understanding exists [...]
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