Former senior defence and security bureaucrat Dennis Richardson has been appointed to conduct a comprehensive review of the Australian Submarine Agency, following serious concerns about staff wellbeing and governance issues. The review will focus on the agency’s governance and follows the resignation of a senior leader.
The review into the Australian Submarine Agency to be led by Dennis Richardson comes as the annual APS staff survey showed the agency ranked second worst for staff wellbeing and support.The review into the Australian Submarine Agency to be led by Dennis Richardson comes as the annual APS staff survey showed the agency ranked second worst for staff wellbeing and support.
The finance minister, Katy Gallagher, acknowledged the census findings and suggested steps were being taken to address the problems. Richardson is a member of the three-person taskforce that the deputy prime minister and defence minister, Richard Marles, appointed to oversee the implementation of the government’s Defence Strategic Review, alongside former defence minister and now high commissioner to London, Stephen Smith, and former defence chief Sir Angus Houston.
The opposition and Greens are pressing the government to agree for the ASA officials to appear at a special spillover hearing before Christmas.A spokesperson for Marles declined to confirm Richardson’s appointment when asked about it on Wednesday.
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