Alex Gallacher (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, Senator Brandis. I refer the minister to a letter from the Swedish government to the Defence Materiel Organisation that rejects the Prime Minister's decision to exclude Sweden from Australia's Future Submarine project, saying it is based on inadequate information. I quote:

At no stage has DMO requested a detailed briefing about the scope and complexity of the programs recently undertaken by Saab Kockums …

Is this correct?

Senator Abetz interjecting—