House debates Questions without Notice
Defence Procurement
Matt Keogh Burt, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Industry
2:48 pm
My question is to the Minister for Defence Industry. Why did the government say that 90 per cent of the work on the submarine project would be Australian when it won't be?
Pat Conroy Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific
Ask Siri.
Melissa Price Durack, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence Industry
Back in 2016 we announced a $200 billion Australian defence white paper. Included in that is our $90 billion naval shipbuilding program. There will be thousands of opportunities within that naval shipbuilding program with respect to jobs for Australians and small businesses. There is an enormous supply chain with respect to shipbuilding and we aren't done yet.