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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to a news report in The Australian yesterday, and I quote:

… the federal government single-mindedly pursued a plan to buy the navy's new submarines from Japan.

I ask the minister again: do documents exist that confirm an understanding, agreement or commitment for Japan to build submarines for Australia?