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Defence projects nearly a century behind schedule

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The Federal government will set up a new office within the Defence department, in a bid to get billions of dollars of delayed programs back on track. Some 28 major defence projects delivering new vessels, aircraft and technology systems are nearly a century behind schedule.
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