The issue of the Albanese government not sending Taipan helicopters to Ukraine was raised in the Australian Parliament. Here we list some of the key mentions.
16/09/2024: Australian Support for Ukraine Report. The final report of the Senate Inquiry into Australian Support for Ukraine featuring 22 recommendations.
05/07/2024: Parliamentary Inquiry into Australian support for Ukraine. AFUO co-chair, Kateryna Argyrou, appears as a witness as a part of the senate inquiry into Australian Support for Ukraine.
27/03/2024: Parliamentary Inquiry into Australian support for Ukraine. As the result of the mishandling of the Taipans, the Senate referred the matter of Australian Support of Ukraine to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 4 August 2024.
24/02/2024: Dutton, Birmingham, Hastie – Statement – Two Year Anniversary of the Invasion of Ukraine. A public statement of the leader of the opposition, leader of the opposition in the Australian Senate and the Shadow Defence Minister on the second year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The statement features a formal call to the Australian government to reverse their decision and donate Australia’s out of service MRH-90 Taipan helicopters to Ukraine.
15/02/2024: Senate, Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee. Foreign Minister Penny Wong responds to questions about Taipan helicopters.
14/02/2024: Senator David Fawcett questions the Australian Defence on Taipan helicopters in the Senate.
14/02/2024: Australian Defence responds to questions about Taipan helicopters in the Australian Senate. An overview with commentary from ABC news.
07/02/2024: David Fawcett questions Penny Wong about Taipans in the Australian Senate.
February 2024: Major General Mick Ryan’s submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade is conducting an inquiry into the Department of Defence Annual Report 2022–23.
February 2024: Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO)’s submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade is conducting an inquiry into the Department of Defence Annual Report 2022–23.