At the request of the Chair of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit, Senator Watson, I move:

That the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit be authorised to hold a public meeting during the sitting of the Senate on Thursday, 11 May 2006, from 11 am to 12.30 pm, to take evidence for the committee’s inquiry into financial reporting and equipment acquisition at the Department of Defence and Defence Materiel Organisation.

Question agreed to.