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Defence Overhaul: Conroy Unveils Sweeping Procurement Reforms as Government Targets Delays, Cost Blowouts and Sovereign Capability
By Michael Keating | Inside Canberra Australia’s defence procurement system is set for its biggest structural overhaul in half a century, with Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy using a National Press Club address to announce a series of reforms aimed at reducing cost blowouts, accelerating project delivery and strengthening Australia’s sovereign defence industrial base. While…
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Australia Urged to Rethink Africa Strategy as Expert Calls for Deeper Trade, Education and Innovation Links
CANBERRA, July 1 — Australia is failing to capitalise on one of the world’s fastest-growing economic regions, with leading African-Australian academic Professor Mimi Claudine Watts urging Parliament to pursue a far more ambitious engagement strategy built on education, science, business and diaspora leadership. Appearing before the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade’s…
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QT Wrap – Labor and Coalition Clash Over Housing, Inflation and Integrity as Parliament Nears 1 July Reforms
Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Representatives saw fierce exchanges over housing affordability, cost-of-living pressures, government spending, healthcare and integrity, before ending in dramatic fashion with the suspension of a Coalition MP. While much of Question Time followed the familiar pattern of government members asking ministers to promote policy achievements, the day’s most substantive moments…