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

As the senator would know, we are commissioning a new white paper. But we are also commissioning a first-principles review of the way Defence, including the DMO, does its business. The reason we are doing a first-principles review is that we want to see Defence performing to its optimum and we want to see the DMO carrying out its functions and delivering programs for the Australian Defence Force cost-effectively.

The first-principles review will be key to the input into the white paper as to the reforms we must undertake inside Defence. The government is determined—