Another one of Dutton's warships has broken down

The Coalition's purchase of WMDs is a very sick joke at taxpayers' expense and makes Dutton's abusive approach to China look incredibly dangerous. We've corroded submarines which are NOT seaworthy and in recent times choppers purchased by the Coalition had to be replaced at hideous expense to taxpayers due to failures way before their Use-By-Date; that NOT for the first time with choppers!

Well the news tonight is that yet another of Dutton's warships has major 'engineering problems' that will take many months to fix - just like its sister ship which has been out of action for almost eighteen months already for similar issues.


".... Last year the ABC revealed significant mechanical problems had also been discovered on board her sister ship, HMAS Supply, which was taken to Sydney's Garden Island naval base to be repaired under warranty.
During a Senate estimates hearing earlier this month, senior navy figures revealed that HMAS Supply could remain out of service for another year despite already being sidelined for 14 months."I do not want the committee to get the wrong idea, I am not satisfied with the availability of this ship," Navy Chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond said when questioned about the AOR ship built by Spanish company Navantia.
"This is a complex defect. Navantia have written to the department accepting liability, it will be repaired under warranty," the navy chief confirmed during his evidence on June 6. ..."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-18/hmas-stalwart-breaks-down-and-undergoing-repairs/103993214

Yet Dutton would have us believe that AUKUS is a wonderful $365 Billion $Deal and that Australia will have no trouble at all with second-hand US nuclear-powered submarines or new ones built in the UK.