Christopher Pyne says people who question the government’s handling of the Attack Class Submarine project are demonstrating “weirdness”, lack wisdom and intelligence and demonstrate a “lack of maturity. Mr Pyne says that the Australian polity finds the submarine project to big and complicated ‘ to ‘digest’. Perhaps it is because Australians fear the taxpayers biggest…
Major-General Paul Brereton qualifies his report into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan thus: “A finding that there is ‘credible information’ of a matter is not a finding of guilt nor a finding that the crime has been committed”.
In late 2014, Australia was engaged in a vigorous national debate about whether 12 new submarines should be imported directly from Japan in a ‘captain’s pick’ or built here after some form of tender process. In the heat of that campaign, I was invited as South Australia’s minister for defence industries to visit Rossi Boots,…
It’s difficult to see a convincing case on ‘national interest’ grounds for moving full-cycle docking of the Collins-class submarines from ASC’s Osborne shipyard to Fremantle in Western Australia. Indeed, doing so may put the navy’s operational capability at risk. Author: Martin Hamilton-Smith Read this article on the ASPI Strategist website >
If sustainment of the Collins Class submarines goes west, it could set off a cascading chain of lost work for the Adelaide shipyards, writes former state defence industries minister Martin Hamilton-Smith. So why aren’t South Australian politicians fighting harder? Moving full cycle docking from ASC’s Osborne shipyard in SA to Fremantle in WA would be…
The latest salvo in the national debate about how best to spread the risks and benefits of the $300-billion naval shipbuilding plan is whether full-cycle docking of the Collins-class submarines should move from South Australia to Western Australia. It’s an important decision. Author: Martin Hamilton-Smith Read this article on the ASPI Strategist website >
A State Government-commissioned review of South Australia’s international and interstate engagement has confirmed that much of the previous government’s agenda was correct, argues former trade minister Martin Hamilton-Smith. So why, he asks, is it taking so long for the Marshall Government to take action? Author: Martin Hamilton-Smith Read this article on the InDaily website >
