‘Australian War Memorial $500m redevelopment project to be probed: ANAO‘, Canberra Times, 8 July 2021 updated
The management of the war memorial’s controversial plans to drastically reshape the national institution will be put under a microscope over the coming year.
The Auditor-General Grant Hehir has proposed it [the Australian National Audit Office] look into the Australian War Memorial’s processes and planning behind the $500 million project among its list of potential performance audits for the 2021-22 period.
The list of potential projects. The War Memorial possible project. From the ANAO website:
The Memorial has welcomed the proposed audit. So will the opponents of the project. Heritage Guardians diary of the campaign against the project.
Update 9 July 2021: Canberra Times podcast
Canberra Times journalists interview Shannon Battisson of the Australian Institute of Architects and Matt Anderson of the Memorial.