Brandis, Sen George

Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:36): I might take some of that question on notice because I want to consult what the Prime Minister actually said in the House of Representatives, but I am able to tell you that, in relation to the offshore patrol vessels and in relation to the future frigates—the figures that the Prime Minister was quoting in relation to those two categories of vessel—the Prime Minister was speaking of acquisition cost alone, not sustainment.