Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Questions without Notice

Defence Procurement

2:01 pm

Photo of Marielle SmithMarielle Smith (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At last night's Senate hearing, Naval Group revealed it would not make any contractual commitment to a local content target for another two years. Given former Minister for Defence Mr Pyne repeatedly asserted that 90 per cent of the build of the future submarines would occur in Australia saying, 'Less than 10 per cent of the work will be done outside Australia,' how is this undertaking now received by the minister any different to that received by Mr Pyne?

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