Alex Gallacher (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Birmingham. In an article entitled 'PM intervenes in submarine debacle', The Australian Financial Review has reported:

Two senior naval officers have been tasked by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to examine options for Australia's submarine fleet, amid ongoing tensions with the French over the $90 billion future submarine program.

Can the minister confirm that the Prime Minister is so concerned over the bungling of the Future Subs program by the Minister for Defence that he was left with no choice but to intervene?