The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has published its report into the 2022-23 Major Projects Report.
Chair of the Committee, Hon Linda Burney MP said, 'Now in its sixteenth year, the Major Projects Report (MPR) continues to be an important tool for Defence accountability and transparency. In 2022-23, the twenty projects contained in the MPR constitute around 31 per cent ($58.6 billion) of Defence's total acquisition budget.'
The Committee examined a wide range of issues this year, including the reasons for the Auditor-General's qualified conclusion and emphasis of matter.
The Committee made four recommendations, which when implemented, will result in important corrections and introduce evolutions to the MPR process to improve its transparency and Defence's accountability to the Parliament and the Australian public for what are large amounts of public expenditure.
Broadly, these recommendations deal with the reinstatement of lessons to PDSSs; reporting on improved governance and assurance processes; assessments of the full project costs of each project, including fundamental inputs to capability; and more clearly identifying scope, schedule and budget changes, both in-year and life-to-date for each project.
The report can be
