Defence minister Richard Marles expected to outline plan to project power into Pacific
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The Albanese government is blaming the former administration for a $20bn black hole in Australia’s naval shipbuilding program, as a review finds Coalition announcements to fund new frigates were unfunded.
Labor, pointing to the findings of an independent analysis of the navy’s surface combatant fleet, claims the former Coalition government’s $45bn commitment to build nine new Hunter-class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy will actually cost $65bn.
This will see Navy equipped with a major surface combatant fleet twice as large as planned when we came to government – and with more of these new surface combatants in the water and operational sooner.
Continue reading…Defence minister Richard Marles expected to outline plan to project power into PacificGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government is blaming the former administration for a $20bn black hole in Australia’s naval shipbuilding program, as a review finds Coalition announcements to fund new frigates were unfunded.Labor, pointing to the findings of an independent analysis of the navy’s surface combatant fleet, claims the former Coalition government’s $45bn commitment to build nine new Hunter-class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy will actually cost $65bn.This will see Navy equipped with a major surface combatant fleet twice as large as planned when we came to government – and with more of these new surface combatants in the water and operational sooner. Continue reading…