Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Rear Admiral Briggs also said that if the government buys Japanese submarines their effectiveness—and again I quote:

… will always be reliant on the relationship with the overseas parent navy and its industrial base.

Again, what does the minister believe that he and the Prime Minister know about submarine capability that these acknowledged experts do not?