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

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Can the minister confirm whether at least the first two OPVs will be built by ASC, as promised by then Prime Minister Abbott on 21 August 2015? Will the minister advise how much of the $89 billion of naval shipbuilding, announced on 4 August 2015, will actually go to the ASC? Does the minister concede the value of this government business enterprise is tied to the extent and value of its naval shipbuilding contracts?