Sam Dastyari (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to further evidence in the Senate report by retired Commodore Paul Greenfield, who said:

There does not have to be a capability gap if we get on with it now.

Minister, why won't the government listen to the experts and get on with a competitive tender process, including a project definition study, immediately?