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 bad for SA – it would be worse for Australia’s defence and industrial capability.
Author: Martin Hamilton-Smith
