Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Defence. I refer to evidence before the Senate committee from naval shipbuilding expert Dr John White. He said:

… there is still sufficient time available with adequate contingency for the competitive PDS—

project design study—

to be carried out and … to build the future submarines in Australia …

Why is the government misleading the public by claiming there is not enough time to build Australia's new submarines in Adelaide without a capability gap when the experts are saying the opposite?