Former senior defence and foreign affairs secretary will focus on governance in his probe of Australian Submarine Agency
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The defence minister has appointed former senior defence and security bureaucrat Dennis Richardson to conduct an urgent top-to-bottom review of the Australian Submarine Agency amid serious concerns about how it is managing Australia’s $368bn Aukus submarine contract.
Guardian Australia has confirmed that Richardson will undertake a rapid review of the agency to be completed over the next few months, focusing on the agency’s governance.
