Melissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

As I've said, we are currently in the design phase, and it has been very clear from the documentation that, once the design—which is a very unique and highly technical design—of these 12 submarines is finished, we will negotiate Australian industry content. In the meantime, the Prime Minister and I, we on this side—and, I'm sure, those on that side—are backing small- and medium-sized Australian businesses to ensure that we get the maximum Australian industry content. We are backing Australian businesses all the way.

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