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. Given that the Senate has now heard expert testimony that Australia's future submarines should not be bought off the shelf and can be built in Australia with the capabilities that the Navy needs at a competitive price to taxpayers and in a time frame that would avoid a capability gap, why won't the government and you, Senator Johnston, keep your promise and build our new submarines here in Australia?