Bill
Defence Capability Assurance and Oversight Bill 2024
lapsed, as at 2025-03-28.
- Sponsor
- David Fawcett
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-05-10
- second reading — 2023-05-10
- second reading — 2023-12-07
- second reading — 2024-02-07
- second reading — 2024-02-07
- committee — 2024-02-07
- third reading — 2024-02-07
- introduced — 2024-02-12
- other — 2025-03-28
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-05-10.
The bill creates a new independent body to assess risks in buying and maintaining military equipment.
This body, the Defence Capability Assurance Agency, would oversee testing and evaluation to give decision-makers reliable information.
The bill also plans a long-term deal with an Australian industry partner to support these activities.
- Establishes the Defence Capability Assurance Agency as an independent statutory body.
- Requires Defence to use the agency for risk evaluation across the capability life cycle.
- Creates the Defence Capability Assurance Regulator to set qualifications and standards for testing and evaluation staff.
- Provides for a long-term agreement with an Australian industry partner to supply expertise and a centre of excellence.
Defence, its capability managers, the Government, and the Australian industry partner.
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