Upgraded Collins-class submarines are vital to our defence future. But first comes a battle between Western Australia and South Australia for the work, writes Andrew Tillett.
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Pork barrelling and state parochialism are never a good yardstick for making huge defence spending decisions.
But they are hanging over the federal government’s forthcoming deliberations over the future of maintenance for Australia’s ageing Collins-class submarines.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/the-states-slug-it-out-in-submarine-warfare-20190808-p52f8y
