David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I draw your further attention to an audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers on the alleged improprieties associated with this contract, the cost of which remains undisclosed. There was an internal investigation which was a whitewash, conducted by the department itself, and a report from the Australian Government Solicitor’s Office that has been stated to have cost $77,000. So, for a cost of around three-quarters of a million dollars, Defence have a series of whitewashed reports that do nothing to inspire confidence that the integrity of the tender process has been adhered to, and instead awarded— (Time expired)