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Parliamentary Submissions




APA providing evidence to the JSCFADT in 2006.

Australia's Federal Parliament provides policy direction and governance oversight on Defence matters. A number of recent inquiries have covered issues of Defence policy, strategy and specifically issues of national capability to achieve air superiority. Air Power Australia has provided evidence to the Parliament since 2004, on a range of policy, strategy, capability and especially governance matters.


Legislative Inquiries





SFADT - Inquiry into the planned acquisition of the F-35 Lightning II (Joint Strike Fighter) [Additional Documents]
JSCFADT - Review of Defence Annual Report 2010-11
JSCFADT - Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Regional Air Superiority
JSCFADT - Inquiry into Australia's Regional Strategic Defence Requirements
JSCFADT - Inquiry into Australia's Defence Relations with the United States
SFADT - Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with China
JSCFADT - Review of the Defence Annual Report 2006-2007
JSCFADT - Review of the Defence Annual Report 2002-2003
Netherlands Court of Audit - Monitoring the Procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter


Submissions, Reports and Other Documents





Peter Goon
Submission to SFADT Feb 2016 36.0 What Are People’s Motivational Imperatives And Agendas Re The Planned Acquisition Of The F-35 Lightning II JSF And Related Matters?
AVM (Retd) B J Graf and AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to SFADT Feb 2016 27.0 Submission to Inquiry Into the Planned Acquisition of the F-35 Lightning II
Peter Goon and
Carlo Kopp
Submission to SFADT Jan 2016 9.3 Evidence to the Parliament and the DEFENCE TRADE CONTROLS ACT
Peter Goon and
Carlo Kopp
Submission to SFADT Jan 2016 9.2 What is the Only Alternative to the F-35A JSF and Why?
Peter Goon and
Carlo Kopp
Submission to SFADT Jan 2016 9.1 The Obsolescence of the F-35 as a Strike Platform
Peter Goon and
Carlo Kopp
Submission to SFADT Jan 2016 9.0 Contemporary Air Defence Challenges
Versus the F-35A JSF

WGCDR (Retd) C L Mills Submission to SFADT Dec 2015 1.0 THE PLANNED ACQUISITION OF THE F-35 JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER (Supplementaries)




Peter Goon and
Carlo Kopp
Submissions to JSCFADT Feb 2012 Review of Defence Annual Report 2010-11 (Hansard)




AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to SFADT Oct 2011 Submission #3: Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects / Supplementary 3B
AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to SFADT Oct 2011 Submission #3: Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects / Supplementary 3A
AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to SFADT Mar 2011 Submission #3: Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects / Annex 3
AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to SFADT Mar 2011 Submission #3: Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects / Annex 2
AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to SFADT Mar 2011 Submission #3: Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects / Annex 1
AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to SFADT Mar 2011 Submission #3: Procurement procedures for Defence capital projects




AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to JCPAA
Mar 2010 Review of 2008-09 DMO Major Projects Report (MPR)




AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to JSCFADT Sep 2008 A Measure of Professional Language in Defence
AIRCDRE (Retd) E J Bushell Submission to JSCFADT Jul 2008 Review of Defence Annual Report 2006-07
Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT
Jun 2008
Review of Defence Annual Report 2006-07
AVM (Retd) P J Criss,  AVM (Retd) B J Graf,  Dr C Kopp, 
AIRCDRE (Retd) G F Bates, 
WGCDR C L Mills,  SQNLDR (Retd) P Goon, WGCDR (Retd) B Dirou, GPCAPT R G Green
Submission to JSCFADT Jun 2008
Review of Defence Annual Report 2006-07
AIRCDRE (Retd)  Bushell, Edward and Kopp, Carlo Submission to JSCFADT Jun 2008 Review of Defence Annual Report 2006-07




Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT Feb 2006
Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Regional Air Superiority: Attaining Air Superiority in the Region: Testing the Evidence
Peter Goon Submission to JSCFADT Jun 2006
Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Regional Air Superiority: Joint Strike Fighter Program Costing Data
Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT Apr 2006
Inquiry into Australia's Regional Strategic Defence Requirements: Meeting the Regional Challenge
Peter Goon Submission to JSCFADT Jan 2006
Inquiry into Australian Defence Force Regional Air Superiority: The Absence of Integrity and Common Sense




Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT Apr 2005
Inquiry into Australia's Defence Relations with the United States: The Cruise Missile Defence Problem
Peter Goon Submission to JSCFADT Apr 2005 Inquiry into Australia's Defence Relations with the United States: SBR Opportunities
Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to SFADT Apr 2005 Inquiry into Australia's Relationship with China: China's Rise as a Regional Superpower




Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT Jan 2004
Review of Defence Annual Report 2002-03: Analysis of Department of Defence Responses
Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT Jun 2004
Review of Defence Annual Report 2002-03: Analysis of Department of Defence Responses
Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT Jun 2004
Review of Defence Annual Report 2002-03: Analysis of Department of Defence Responses
Carlo Kopp and
Peter Goon
Submission to JSCFADT Jul 2004
Review of Defence Annual Report 2002-03: Analysis of Department of Defence Responses: Proof of Prior Knowledge: Regional Capability Growth and Joint Strike Fighter Limitations vs The 1998 F/A-18 Replacement Study
Carlo Kopp
Submission to JSCFADT Mar 2004
Inquiry into Australia's Defence Relations with the United States: Interoperability, Force Structure and Missile Defence Issues
Carlo Kopp
Submission to JSCFADT Mar 2004
Carlo Kopp
Submission to JSCFADT Mar 2004




Carlo Kopp and
Adam Cobb
Parliamentary Submission Oct 2003
Evolving Force (Submission / Rationale)









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