‘Unfair and unworkable’: Ai Group responds to Military Secrets Act legislation introduction

Published on May 10, 2024



Australia’s leading national employer organisation, Ai Group, has launched a blistering assault on the government’s new Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets Act (SAMS Act), highlighting major concerns about the future of Australia’s defence industry and veteran workforce.

The amendment to the Defence Act 1903 comes following revelations that a number of former British, Australian, and US military pilots had been engaged to train Chinese military pilots, raising concerns about the security of sensitive information dating back to the mid-2010s, if not further.

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