Commonwealth clearing path for broken promise on local submarine build

South Australia Minister for Defence Industries Martin Hamilton-Smith has expressed concern at comments by Federal Government Minister for Defence David Johnston on timeframes for delivering Australia’s next generation of submarines. When asked yesterday by Sky News on whether he would honour his pre-election commitment to build the next 12 future submarines in Australia, Mr Johnston…

Local councils will lose if submarines contracts go offshore

A report commissioned by the South Australian Economic Development Board has identified which local council regions will be hardest hit if the future submarines contracts are lost. The independent analysis was compiled by the National Institute of Economic and Industry Research and assesses the economic ramifications of purchasing 12 next generation submarines overseas to replace…