Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Gallacher, I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 11 May 2017:

The Department of Defence's management of credit and other transaction cards, with particular reference to:

(a) controls in place to manage credit card expenditure including action to prevent credit card misuse and minimise risk to the Commonwealth;

(b) issuing of Cabcharge Fastcards and e-tickets to staff including monitoring and management of e-ticket accounts;

(c) controls in place on the use of fuel cards for commercial and military vehicles, including compliance testing of the assurance framework;

(d) implementation of the Department of Defence's new governance arrangements for credit card management;

(e) legislative requirements and framework set out in the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 and its successor, the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; and

(f) other related matters.

Question agreed to.

Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

(1) That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 20 March 2017:

The operation of the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) resistance to interrogation (RTI) training, with particular reference to:

(a) what training methods are used;

(b) whether these training methods are in accordance with Australia's international obligations and Australian domestic laws;

(c) the effectiveness of existing ADF supervisory control measures;

(d) the ongoing mental health and wellbeing of personnel who have participated in RTI training; and

(e) the matters raised in questions to Lieutenant General Campbell during the 2015-16 additional estimates.

(2) That the Senate:

(a) notes that Lieutenant General Campbell acknowledged, during estimates questioning, that video and other electronic records were made by the ADF of RTI training; and

(b) calls on the Minister for Defence (Senator Payne) to provide the committee, under special circumstances which protect serving and former ADF personnel identities and operational security, with all recordings made by the ADF of RTI training by 28 December 2016 to assist the committee with the inquiry.

Question agreed to.