On 1 April 2026 the Senate resolved that it "requests the Auditor-General to urgently reinstate" the annual Defence Major Projects Report. The JCPAA had decided in March to stop requesting the report, after the Auditor-General, asked by the Committee's Chair for a way forward, advised in December 2025 that it was no longer fit for purpose. That advice cited Defence's growing non-disclosure of information and the cost of the work.
The Auditor-General replied to the Senate on 23 April that the report was "no longer fit for purpose", that reinstating it in its current form "would require a request from the JCPAA under the Auditor General Act 1997", and that it "would also require reductions in the planned performance audit program given the ANAO's current resources". She has said she intends to give Parliament "increased assurance across the Defence portfolio, including through audits of Defence capability investment priorities" (Annual Report 2025-26, p 1). Whether that replaces a consolidated annual account of every major project is a question for the next few years of audit reports.