The Albanese government is not having much luck with its defence partners. The relationship between the Department of Defence and arms company Thales remains the subject of a National Anti-Corruption Commission investigation, while the company itself remains under multiple investigations in Europe. Nonetheless, Labor Defence Minister Richard Marles says Thales is “a very important company in terms of the contribution that they provide to the Australian Defence Force”.
Labor refuses to come clean about the relationship between the Department of Defence and Elbit Systems, the Israeli company that made the drone used by the Israeli Defense Forces to murder Zomi Frankcom (and we know there’s an extensive relationship — our freedom of information request about dealings with the company was refused on the basis that there was too much material for the department to put together).
Now there’s Austal, the ailing
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