David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Further to what I have said, if the learned senator had any understanding of defence capability acquisition he would know that we are currently in the process of acquiring ships from both Spain and South Korea. Accordingly, Defence officials visit those places on many occasions. We are also acquiring a lot of capability from the United States. There are Defence officials visiting these countries every week of every month of every year.