RAAF Base Pearce, RAAF Base Richmond’s Air Lift Group, RAAF Base
Williamtown’s Air Combat Group, RAAF Base Edinburgh’s No. 92 Wing,
1RTU and ARDU and RAAF Base Wagga’s Ground Training Wing are all
taking part in this year’s ADF Parliamentary Program.
The program offers Federal parliamentarians the opportunity to
spend time with selected units to understand more about how Defence
works on a day-to-day basis. Sixteen options are offered for this
year’s program.
While on the program, the parliamentarians are treated as serving
Defence personnel, eating in messes and interacting with all ranks.
In previous years, they have found themselves peeling potatoes,
working in kitchens, standing night watches or conducting maintenance
work.
While parliamentarians are deployed, selected ADF personnel are
also attached to various parliamentarians’ offices at Parliament
house for a week to experience their typical day. The program
runs during Parliament’s autumn and winter recesses.
