Senator Johnston asked the Minister for Defence upon notice, on 9 March 2010:

(1) (a) Since the 2007 election, how many ‘first pass’ and ‘second pass’ approvals have been made by the Rudd Government; and (b) of these, how many were initiated: (i) by the previous Government, and (ii) solely by the current Government.
(2) Since November 2007, which specific projects have received ‘second pass’ approval.
(3) What is the value of each of these approvals for each of the following financial years: (a) 2008-09; and (b) 2009-10 to date.

Senator Faulkner –The answer to the honourable senator’s questions are as follows: 

1. 1. 9 ‘first pass’ approvals (including 2 classified projects) and 21 ‘second pass’ approvals (including 1 classified project);
   2. (i) 22 (5 first pass and 17 second pass); and
      (ii) 8 (4 first pass and 4 second pass).

Note: of the approvals listed above, projects that were first entered into the DCP before December 2007 were regarded as being initiated by the previous Government. All other projects that were first entered in after December 2007 were regarded as being initiated by the Rudd Government.

2. Projects that have received ‘second pass’ approval since November 2007 include:

Environment	No.	Phase	Proposal Title
AIR	5276	CAP 1	Capability Assurance Program 1
AIR	5440	1	C-130J Block Upgrade Project - Global Project Arrangement
JOINT PROJECT	2089	2A	Tactical Information Exchange Domain (Data Links)
LAND	106		Enhanced Land Force Additional Upgraded M113 Armoured Personnel Carriers
JOINT PROJECT	2068	2B.1	Defence Network Operations Centre Extension
JOINT PROJECT	2008	5A	Military Satellite Capability
DEF	224	3	Force Level Electronic Warfare
JOINT PROJECT	2030	8	ADF Joint Command Support Environment
LAND	40	2	Direct Fire Support Weapon
JOINT PROJECT	2008	3F	Military Satellite Capability
LAND	17	1A	Artillery Replacement
SEA	1397	5A	Nulka Missile Decoy Enhancements
AIR	5416	4B.1	C-130J RWR
LAND	75	3.4	Battlefield Command Support System 3.4
LAND	125	3A	Soldier Enhancement Version 2 - C4I component
AIR	6000	2A/2B	NACC - 14 Aircraft
JOINT PROJECT	2089	2B	Tactical Information Exchange Domain (Data Links)
JOINT PROJECT	2110	1A	CBRND
JOINT PROJECT	2008	5A	Military Satellite Capability
AIR	9000	5C	Additional Heavy Lift Helicopters

1 classified project was also approved during this period.

3. 1. Financial Year 2008/09
      1. 1st pass - $63.8m; and
      2. 2nd pass - $1319.6m.
2. Financial Year 2009/10
   1. 1st pass – $126.0m; and
   2. 2nd pass – $5169.4m.

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