The Department of Defence continues to funnel taxpayer money to Elbit Systems, the company that manufactured the drone used by Israeli forces to murder Aussie aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six others in Gaza in April.
Last week, Defence handed a $38,000 contract to Elbit Systems of Australia, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems (the Australian arm doesn’t even have its own separate website), a company with a long history of human rights scandals via its provision of weapons both to the Israel Defense Forces and autocratic regimes elsewhere.
All comments will be moderated before publication.
Crikey is committed to hosting lively discussions. Help us keep the conversation useful, interesting and welcoming. We aim to publish comments quickly in the interest of promoting robust conversation, but we’re a small team and we deploy filters to protect against legal risk. Occasionally your comment may be held up while we review, but we’re working as fast as we can to keep the conversation rolling.
The Crikey comment section is members-only content. Please subscribe to leave a comment.
The Crikey comment section is members-only content. Please login to leave a comment.