Australia's Defence Minister said that the government is in the process of reviewing Defence Department expenditures on career development. "We're in the process now of doing an audit, completely unrelated with anything to do with Landmark, which is being undertaken into learning and development to make sure that they meet our needs. ... We have to be very sure that the courses that people do undertake are relevant, appropriate and indeed in line with what community expectations might be," said Snowdon in an appearance on  .  and Australia's reported that Landmark Education had been listed in France as a "possible " in the mid 1990s. When asked about this on ABC Radio, a spokeswoman for the company in the United States, Deborah Beroset, responded: "What happened in France was that a commission established by the French parliament issued a report in which they listed almost 200 organisations as being possible cults ... We were never contacted. We were inappropriately included in that list". In a program which aired Wednesday, the  radio program reported that Australia's Defence Department spent at least 12,270 of taxpayer funds to send government employees to Landmark Education courses. According to AM, the Defence Department said it does not appear that further funds have been sent to Landmark Education since 2004. In a March 9 article in the , Peter Rolfe reported that taxpayer money was used to send at least 37 police and government staff from  , Australia to seminars run by Landmark Education. Police and Emergency Services Minister said that "Decisions on the appropriateness of staff attending courses by Landmark Education are made by individual managers who remain best-placed to assess the development needs of their staff," but State Liberal MP told the Herald Sun that the funds should have been put towards fighting crime. Apple Inc., , and have sent employees to Landmark Education seminars, according to a spokeswoman for Landmark.
Australia's Defence Minister said that the government is in the process of reviewing Defence Department expenditures on career development. "We're in the process now of doing an audit, completely unrelated with anything to do with Landmark, which is being undertaken into learning and development to make sure that they meet our needs. ... We have to be very sure that the courses that people do undertake are relevant, appropriate and indeed in line with what community expectations might be," said Snowdon in an appearance on ABC Radio . The Australian and Australia's reported that Landmark Education had been listed in France as a "possible " in the mid 1990s. When asked about this on ABC Radio, a spokeswoman for the company in the United States, Deborah Beroset, responded: "What happened in France was that a commission established by the French parliament issued a report in which they listed almost 200 organisations as being possible cults ... We were never contacted. We were inappropriately included in that list". In a program which aired Wednesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio program reported that Australia's Defence Department spent at least 12,270 of taxpayer funds to send government employees to Landmark Education courses. According to AM, the Defence Department said it does not appear that further funds have been sent to Landmark Education since 2004. In a March 9 article in the , Peter Rolfe reported that taxpayer money was used to send at least 37 police and government staff from Victoria , Australia to seminars run by Landmark Education. Police and Emergency Services Minister said that "Decisions on the appropriateness of staff attending courses by Landmark Education are made by individual managers who remain best-placed to assess the development needs of their staff," but State Liberal MP told the Herald Sun that the funds should have been put towards fighting crime. Apple Inc., , and have sent employees to Landmark Education seminars, according to a spokeswoman for Landmark.
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