South Australian shipbuilding criticises Japanese Government submarine plan

Australian industry would be involved in the construction of the navy’s new submarines but Japan would be responsible for assembling the boats, under a proposal reportedly floated by the Japanese Government.

Proponents of South Australian shipbuilding yesterday criticised the plan, dismissing it as a “con of a compromise”.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government had proposed that Japan and Australia jointly develop the Future Submarines, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported.

Read more