Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I refer the minister to Peter Hartcher's article in TheAge,on 20 February, and I quote:

The government was on the brink of announcing the decision to buy Japanese.

So I ask the minister again: do documents exist that confirm an understanding, agreement or commitment for Japan to build submarines for Australia?