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

There are a number of people who say a lot of different things. I am listening to people who are experienced in complex defence capability acquisition. The CEO of the DMO, Warren King, has given evidence to the Economics References Committee, and Rear Admiral Sammut has given evidence as to how time critical the situation is now. TKMS is a very successful submarine designer, builder and exporter—probably the world's largest. The biggest submarine they build is just over 2,000 submerged tons. The fact of the matter is that we need almost double that size. There is a problem with promises made out there in the ether, where there is no accountability.