Senate debates

Friday, 24 March 2023

Questions without Notice

Defence Procurement: Submarines

2:49 pm

Photo of Don FarrellDon Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Shoebridge for his second supplementary question. To be honest with you, I'm not sure that decisions have been made about where the submarines will be docked on the east coast of Australia, so I'm not sure that your assertion that it relates to Port Kembla is correct. Look, we have treaty obligations. We support those treaty obligations. We will ensure that we comply with all of our international obligations in respect of nuclear issues. That includes the Treaty of Rarotonga. Rest assured that every one of our international obligations— (Time expired)

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