Legislative Council: Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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Collins Class Submarines

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (15:01): Supplementary: can the Attorney categorically rule out cost blowouts in relation to the AUKUS project, or the Collins class submarines project, due to industrial action by the ASC?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:01): I am happy to reiterate what I have said. We have been, I think, the envy of much of the country in terms of the relatively harmonious industrial landscape that we have had in South Australia. As I have said, there is no reason to believe that any industrial disputation as it may be would have any effect on defence projects.