Anyone who recalls the cringeworthy exchange between Pauline Hanson and Rear Admiral Greg Sammut in 2017 would understand why she doesn’t like to appear at Senate estimates hearings.
@PhillipAda41254 The underpants (drawers, cellular, troops for the use of) were worse. (I recall that in 1967 I sat in a bunker holding a grenade with the date 1942 on the base plug).
The last time we bought second hand navy ships from the US (Kanimbla and Manoora) they cost $61 million but we had to spend $400 million to refit them and make them seaworthy. I trust Marles is kicking a few tyres in the used submarines yard.