Senate debates Questions on Notice
Defence Materiel (Question No. 2617)
Bob Carr NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs
The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:
The information you are seeking would require considerable research into historical Defence Capability Plans and project approval/management documents, and as such, is considered an unjustified diversion of resources.
Publicly available documents such as the Public Defence Capability Plan (http://www.defence.gov.au/publications/CapabilityPlan2012.pdf), Portfolio Budget Statements (http://www.defence.gov.au/budget/) and the Defence Annual Report (http://www.defence.gov.au/annualreports/) provide some detail on the information being sought.
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