Defence refuses to release conflict of interest docs in estate audit

The Defense Department has refused to release conflict-of-interest declarations made by a pair of consultants it hired to examine the strategic value of military installations that the government wants to sell for $3 billion.

Jan Mason and Jim Miller They were hired as consultants through their private firms inside August 2023 overseeing what the government calls a “company-wide defense domain audit” and delivering their reports four months later in december.

In February this year, the government 68 sites identified Those that could be sold include Victoria Barracks in Sydney’s inner east and RAAF Williams in Melbourne’s south-east.