{"id":14890,"date":"2021-06-10T13:57:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T13:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/10\/australia-is-suffering-from-a-defense-information-dearth\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:28:46","slug":"australia-is-suffering-from-a-defense-information-dearth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/editorial\/2021\/06\/10\/australia-is-suffering-from-a-defense-information-dearth\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia is suffering from a defense information dearth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>This story was updated June 10, 2021, at 6:44 p.m. EST to better reflect where the policy may have emanated.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia\u2019s defense reporters are being denied access to senior Department of Defence officials under a clampdown imposed by new Defence Minister Peter Dutton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dutton took office on March 30, becoming the sixth person to hold the position since the coalition government gained power in September 2013, and it is no coincidence that the Australian Department of Defence has become significantly less transparent under his watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The situation has now deteriorated to the point that department staff were given new guidelines as to how it should engage \u2014 or not \u2014 with reporters. <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificdefencereporter.com\/opinion-is-the-defence-department-heading-for-a-major-shakeup\/\" target=\"_blank\">According to Kym Bergmann<\/a>, editor of Australia Pacific Defence Reporter, if these guidelines are enforced (and they overwhelmingly are being enforced), no member may speak with the media without approval from the minister\u2019s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citing the guidance document, Bergmann wrote that officials were told to keep responses to media queries \u201cas brief and succinct as possible,\u201d limit all answers to three paragraphs regardless of question complexity, shy away from \u201ccapability-related interviews,\u201d and instead revert to written responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have not seen those guidelines, but my experience has been consistent with them. At the least, my last 10 requests for interviews across a range of subjects were met with a response, either on or after deadline, which \u201cpolitely declines\u201d the request without further reason. Even a benign request to speak with the chief of the Royal Australian Air Force about the service\u2019s 100th anniversary was declined, and at least one industry-led media visit has been canceled without explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a concern, as recently leaked reports suggest all is not well with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/07\/02\/australia-releases-weapons-wish-list-amid-defense-spending-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\">high-profile acquisition programs<\/a>, such as the Royal Australian Navy\u2019s AU$80 billion (U.S. $62 billion) future submarine program and the removal of the Army\u2019s Battlefield Management System on security grounds. Despite the latter story breaking in April, neither the Defence Department nor its minister has commented on the matter, and media queries have similarly been met with no response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complaints are not limited to members of the media. The subject came up at a recent hearing in Canberra with the Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade, during where senior officials were questioned by Sen. Penny Wong, the leader of the opposition in the legislative body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the official transcript, Wong asked whether Dutton or his office has provided direction to the department. In response, Associate Secretary of Defence Katherine Jones confirmed she saw media reports of a leaked email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy understanding is that came from an email that was sent by someone within the department purporting to paraphrase it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When pressed to reveal who paraphrased it and circulated it, Jones replied: \u201cIt was a low-level officer within the organization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the hearing, Jones pointed the finger firmly at the minister\u2019s office as the original source of the email. \u201cThe email that was sent did not come from my area. It was someone summarizing the advice that has been provided to the senior leadership,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever the genesis of the missive, its message has now been passed down to the unit level within the services, warning personnel about speaking with the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department of Defence has historically been quick to raise the drawbridge when facing sustained media scrutiny about late and over-budget acquisition programs. In this case, it would appear the departmental \u201cguidelines\u201d are either direct instructions, or have been zealously adopted to prevent the leaking of information that would reflect poorly on the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Either way, the ultimate loser from this lack of transparency is the Australian taxpayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whether this is a direct policy across the current government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison; the Minister for Defence, or a junior staffer within his office, is not yet clear. 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