Top military chiefs have justified blocking the public release of information on multibillion-dollar defence acquisitions, arguing that publishing updates on weapons timelines risks exploitation from "foreign adversaries".
The Albanese government scrapped an annual Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report on defence major projects earlier this year.
The program provided key updates on spending timelines and weapons delivery schedules, with the most recent report finding that more than $80 billion in defence procurements were running on average two years behind schedule.
