[Link] Australians unlikely to know cost of scrapped submarines until after election, Peter Dutton says

Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Australian voters are unlikely to be told the full cost of scrapping the French submarine deal before the election, with Peter Dutton signalling the negotiations will not be wrapped up until after July.

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[Link] Industry anger after Defence spends $90 million on second-hand vessel in Canary Islands

Read: 18/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands to purchase a large second-hand vessel for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship to be built in Western Australia.

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