Rex Patrick (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

In the past what has happened is that, typically, tenders are made public. It is not always the case with limited tenders, but certainly it is the case with sole tenders because the way in which that is typically done is through AusTender. For example, in relation to the submarine project, the government made a decision to go to DCNS, the Japanese government and, indeed, to the Germans, the French and the Japanese. None of the tendering details appeared on AusTender. You might recall that, for example, I had to extract details of Future Frigate from the government like a dental surgeon by way of FOI. So when you say the documentation is available, I'm not exactly sure whether in fact it is. I'll just ask you to check.