Briefings Relating To The Australian National Audit Office Report On Sustainment Of Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock 111/25/26 - Documents (pdf, 1.08 Mb)

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This FOI release contains briefings prepared for the Deputy Prime Minister ahead of tabling of an Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) performance audit on the Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock ships. The audit, tabled 27 June 2025, identified criticisms including sub-standard vessel condition, inadequate sustainment performance management, inadequate risk management, and poor management of procurement activities and contracts. Defence offered to provide a verbal briefing to the Deputy Prime Minister's office, with RADM Tiffen (Deputy Secretary, Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group) and RADM Smith (Head of Maritime Sustainment Division) available. The ministerial background brief indicates the Auditor-General proposed nine recommendations, all agreed to by Defence, and flagged expected media interest. Substantial redactions are present throughout, obscuring contact details and some personnel identifiers under section 47E(d).