Senate debates
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Questions without Notice
Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force
2:40 pm
Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source
My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Minister Wong. Over a year ago, I called for an audit of the office of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force, which would have been the first since its creation, after 20 years. The audit was blocked, but there was a review. Justice Duncan Kerr conducted the review and delivered the report to Minister Marles in March this year, and the minister has sat on it since. It is clear that Defence and the government have become obstructionist and didn't want the public and the veterans to have the report. The government continually told me the report would be released once consultations were complete. Minister, after six months, how many consultations have been completed?
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