Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I remind the minister that you are in government and it is your timetable which is now leading to the closure of this shipyard. Is the minister aware that in the United Kingdom a similar situation has arisen in naval shipbuilding and the Conservative government there has awarded BAE patrol boat contracts to avoid the shutdown? Why can't that process be followed in Australia?