Exclusive: Former Labor minister will lead the community-based investigation and report in October
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Former environment minister Peter Garrett will lead an independent inquiry into the Aukus defence pact, launched by a group of Labor veterans and public figures concerned proper scrutiny has never been applied to the $368bn defence plan.
Garrett, the Midnight Oil frontman and longtime environmental campaigner, will be the lead commissioner on the five-month community-based investigation, being launched on Tuesday.
Continue reading...This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Tom McIlroy Political editor.
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