Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Senator McEwen is completely, absolutely and utterly wrong. The 12 future submarines will be built in Adelaide, in South Australia, designed in conjunction with our preferred international partner, DCNS of France. The government has committed very clearly to the construction of the 12 future submarines in Australia. The commentary that Senator McEwen and those opposite might care to make—and I have not actually seen Senator Conroy on his feet but I am a patient person so we will see how we go—is completely unfounded. The decision could not be clearer. And as much as it irks those opposite that they were incapable of making a decision, this government has.