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The number that refuses to submerge: $36 billion
Posted By Andrew Davies on December 1, 2014 @ 13:00
… the Labor Party when in power for six years had ASPI do a run over* of what the cost of these mythical 12 submarines was going to be and ASPI said it was about $36 billion. Now those were the numbers that ASPI said the cost of the program was running out, Labor themselves had costed the program at $41 billion …
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/HMAS-Farncomb.jpg
[2] interview with the Minister for Defence: http://www.minister.defence.gov.au/2014/11/21/minister-for-defence-transcript-interview-with-michael-smyth-891-abc-adelaide/
[3] debate that kicked off the recent Submarine Institute of Australia conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuOBzWF0Aws
[4] Defence Industry Summit: http://www.defencesa.com/upload/media-centre/media-releases/2014/20141021%20-%20dwpdefenceindustrysummit.pdf
[5] Senate Committee hearing into naval shipbuilding: http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/committees/commsen/e15da239-ee01-4dd7-bc47-52b1fc5a7440/toc_pdf/Economics%20References%20Committee_2014_09_30_2907.pdf;fileType=application%2Fpdf#search=%22committees/commsen/e15da239-ee01-4dd7-bc47-52b1fc5a7440/0000%22
[6] How to buy a submarine: https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/strategic-insights-48-how-to-buy-a-submarine-defining-and-building-australias-future-fleet
[7] the cost of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/how-much-will-the-joint-strike-fighter-cost-australia-by-andrew-davies/Policy_Analysis27.pdf
[8] aircraft carriers too: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspi-recommends-augustines-laws-2/
[9] almost a dozen major metropolitan hospitals: http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/full-royal-adelaide-hospital-cost-to-be-revealed/story-e6frea83-1226070057216
[10] six Snowy Mountain hydro schemes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Mountains_Scheme#Construction
[11] newsworthy in its own right: http://www.theage.com.au/national/new-submarine-fleet-to-cost-36-billion-20091029-hnp6.html
[12] defence publications: http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/todays-special-turkey-sub-rfi-02088/
[13] begged to differ: http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/BN/2011-2012/Submarines#_ftnref38
[14] this video example: http://youtu.be/bttdcCavGBw?t=1m45s
[15] later paper: https://www.aspi.org.au/publications/what-price-the-future-submarine-by-andrew-davies/Policy_Analysis99_Submarine_costs_mk2.pdf
[16] where we've arrived today: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/collins-and-the-afterlife/
[17] Andrew Davies: https://www.aspi.org.au/about-aspi/aspi-staff/senior-analysts/andrew-davies
[18] Department of Defence: http://images.defence.gov.au/20131117ran8098578_057.jpg