Max Blenkin

Articles by Max

Submarines: the $50 billion question that can't be answered

Fifty billion dollars could fund the national disability insurance scheme for a couple of years, pay for hospitals, schools, thousands of kilometres of new roads, fix the Great Barrier Reef – or buy a dozen French submarines.

France pitches nuke sub option for Australia

The French bidder for Australia’s future submarines project is using the potential for conversion to a nuclear-powered vessel as a selling point.

An Air Warfare Destroyer under construction at Osborne.

Govt launches AWD fix-it plan