Morrison government accused of keeping defence decisions secret and ‘banked up’ for election campaign

Defence department won't promise to brief Labor on moves made but not announced prior to election being called

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The Department of Defence will not commit to briefing the opposition on major project decisions that the Morrison government may have made secretly prior to the launch of the election campaign.

The stance has led the opposition to claim the government may have already signed off on a series of defence-related decisions which are banked up but not yet public", essentially saving them for the campaign period.