I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

  (i) the decision of the government to award the contract to DCNS for the construction of new Barracuda-class submarines, and

  (ii) That the pump-jet propulsion used in the Barracuda-class submarines has only ever been powered by nuclear reactors; and

(b) calls on the Government to unequivocally rule out the use of nuclear reactors to power Australia's new submarines.