The federal government is about to release the six-month-old report from the Anzac Centenary Advisory Board on how to mark the event in 2015.
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The board handed its report to the government last month and the government is framing its response.
Opposition veterans affairs spokesman Michael Ronaldson, who was briefed on the board's report this month by its chairman, former air chief marshal Angus Houston, called for its release.
''The Australian community is preparing for the centenary of Anzac in a vacuum because of the incompetence of the Gillard Labor government,'' Senator Ronaldson said on Tuesday.
''Twelve months ago, the Prime Minister made three announcements about centenary of Anzac funding, however the detail of how these funds will be spent remains hidden because of delays in the release of the report of the Anzac Centenary Advisory Board.
''Whilst work has begun on the redevelopment at the Australian War Memorial, preparations in Albany are at a standstill as indecision reigns over what will happen and who will pay for it.''
Senator Ronaldson said the Coalition continued to offer bipartisan support for the centenary but the ''ongoing indecision and incompetence'' by the federal government was ''stretching this goodwill''.
A spokeswoman for Veterans Affairs Minister Warren Snowdon said the board handed its report to the government on March 1. ''The government will be releasing the report and its response shortly,'' she said.
It is believed a study commissioned by the board warned there were ''risks'' in honouring fallen soldiers and it could provoke division in multicultural Australia.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she disagreed with the findings and a second study was commissioned, which is believed to show positive community feedback.
