Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. The defence minister, in an opinion piece on 21 August in The Advertiser, accused the Defence Teaming Centre of 'undermining the certainty that defence industry in South Australia is looking for'. Would the minister concede that the government has released very limited information to date about the frigate build and how much of it would be centred on Adelaide? Given South Australia's unemployment rate is still the highest in the nation, does he understand the need for greater certainty in terms of how much will be spent, when and on what projects?