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

and they build a number of diesel electric submarines, predominantly exported into our region, into India and Malaysia. French sonars are par excellence. Accordingly, it would be very surprising if my Prime Minister having Thales, one of our biggest defence exporters of sonar components, from Rydalmere in Sydney, if they did not discuss submarines and submarine construction. The point is, we have another of our companies here which have a connection with France—

Opposition senators interjecting—