Solving the crewing crisis in the navy's six Collins-class submarines is the biggest priority for Chief of the Navy Vice-Admiral Russell Crane and will figure prominently in the Defence white paper.The crewing crisis has already halved the number of submarines the RAN is able to put to sea.
A fourth Collins-class submarine is not crewless yet but the challenge of retaining and finding extra submariners remains a very real one, Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said yesterday.
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