Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The Morrison government is maximising Australian industry outcomes and delivering a regionally superior submarine on schedule and on budget. The nature of building one of the world's most advanced platforms requires a selection process where critical systems work seamlessly with overall design and without undue risk.

A competitive process, as done for other critical systems, ensures the selection of the most capable battery technology to maintain our regional superiority. Regardless of the design chosen these batteries will be manufactured in Australia, creating Australian jobs and utilising local supply chains. This will generate a sovereign industry capability with a capacity to enhance, sustain, repair, operate and upgrade the technology over the life of the submarine, creating and supporting Australian jobs.

Question agreed to.