Conroy, Sen Stephen

Senator CONROY (Victoria—Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:55): Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Again, I refer to Dr White's testimony in which he said: … if Australia wants to have a long-term, sustainable, competitive, world-class naval industry, we need to plan to build both future frigates and future submarines in this country. Minister, why will you not heed the advice of experts and build our submarines here and stop playing politics with Australia's vital shipbuilding industry?