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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Joel Fitzgibbon admits 'challenge' manning Collins-class submarines

Collins class submarineDefence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has admitted there are serious problems in manning the Collins-class submarines and says the government is working hard to retain the crews it already has.

Mr Fitzgibbon was speaking after The Australian revealed warnings contained in a confidential defence report which said the submarine fleet was in danger of becoming unsustainable because of a chronic shortfall of qualified sailors.

"Our people and skills shortage is the single biggest challenge facing the Australian Defence Force in the coming decades,'' Mr Fitzgibbon told ABC Radio.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete27/2/09 04:17

    Morale and undermanning is a worry. It flies in the face of pie in the sky plans to build 12 new subs to replace 6 underused subs.

    Pete

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