, Senator Mark Bishop has again ignored the repeated advice from the Department of Defence and published a misleading press release.
Some facts about the FFG Upgrade project:
1. There is no cost increase. The contract is a fixed price contract and the real cost has actually come down.
2. The original budget was $1,266m, NOT the $944m that Sen Bishop claims.
3. There was no such thing as an $80m payment and there was no decision of Government to make a
US military ‘not ready’ to escort tankers through Hormuz Strait
The US military is currently "not ready" to escort tankers through the critical Strait of Hormuz because all its assets...
