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The Parliamentary Debate



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 .

This website will post relevant links to parliamentary inquiries and submissions.



Legislative Inquiries





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





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
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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