A controversial decision by former defence minister Peter Dutton to approve a billion-dollar purchase of reconnaissance drones also used by Russia and China will be "carefully" reviewed by the Albanese government, which has flagged it could eventually be scrapped.
Schiebel, the Austrian company selected for the sole-source contract, has also been accused by human rights groups of supplying its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Myanmar in an apparent breach of EU sanctions.
