Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

As Senator Whish-Wilson is well aware—he is an active participant in the Defence estimates process and in discussion around Defence's Integrated Investment Program and defence budget matters—those matters which go to the cost of the programs are always managed through the Integrated Investment Program, which was released in conjunction with the white paper to which the senator has previously referred. We've talked in that process about managing the cost through the IIP itself. That is the way we intend to do it; it's the way we've been quite public about doing it.