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Update: 17th June 2025:

FYI, regarding our submission for the NEM.

  • On the 19 September 2024, the Senate agreed to extend the reporting date to 28 February 2025.
  • On the 13 February 2025, the Senate agreed to extend the reporting date to 17 April 2025.
  • On the 17 April 2025, the committee presented a progress report and extended the reporting date to 12 June 2025. 
  • On the 12 June 2025, the committee presented a second progress report and extended the reporting date to 19 June 2025.

Committee Secretariat contact:

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee
Department of the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: +61 2 6277 3535
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  • On the 19th of September 2024, the Senate agreed to extend the reporting date to 28th February 2025.
  • On the 13th February 2025, the Senate agreed to further extend the reporting date to 17th April 2025.

The Senate Committee has authorised the publication of the submission (number 84) and you are now free to circulate it to other parties should you wish to do so.

As the ORA have not requested confidentiality, our submission (84) will be published on the committee’s webpage at the following link: Defence Honours and awards system – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au).

Please log in and have a look at the submission:  

Page 5 (Five) Submission number 84 – Operations Room Association of Australia Inc. (PDF 236 KB)

Please note that the Senate Committee has accepted the attachments as correspondence, and these will not be published on the inquiry webpage.

The Senate Committee was required to report by the 28 February but has been extended to the 17th April 2025. A copy of the Senate Report will be published on the Committee’s website and may be accessed at:

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