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

Mr President, I ask a final supplementary question. Minister, in the Senate on 23 November 2015 you stated:

… the longer the Collins submarines are kept in service, the more their relative capability will decline as newer submarines enter service within our region.

Minister, why were you happy to stick the boot into Collins late last year just like Mr Abbott did in the last few days?