Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

As the Submarine Command Course ('Perisher') is run annually in the Netherlands during the first half of each year, no personnel became 'Perisher-Qualified' over the period 1 July to 31 December 2011. There are two Australian submariners on the current course.