Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence Materiel) Share this | Hansard source

I am not advised that there has been any question about the availability of spares to meet the requirements for the program. This is a program which the government, as is indicated, appreciates the value of. We are learning the lessons of it for our future procurement. All the various options are being looked at in that regard, but in the provision of spares I have not been advised of any difficulty in that particular matter.