[Cover Letter]
Canberra ACT
24 November 2009
Dear Mr President
Dear Mr Speaker
In accordance with the authority contained in the Auditor-General Act 1997, the Australian National Audit Office has undertaken a review of the status of selected Defence equipment acquisition projects as at 30 June 2009 as presented by the Defence Materiel Organisation. I present the report of this review to the Parliament. The report is titled 2008-09 Major Projects Report.
Following its tabling in Parliament, the report will be placed on the Australian National Audit Office's Homepage-http://www.anao.gov.au.
Yours sincerely
Ian McPhee
Auditor-General
The Honourable the President of the Senate
The Honourable the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT
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