Submarines decision expected next week

A long awaited decision on who will help build Australia's next fleet of submarines is expected to be announced next week. Bidders from France, Germany and Japan have been locked in a competitive evaluation process since February last year to partner on what will be Australia's largest ever defence contract. The coalition's move away from a pre-election promise to build the submarines in Adelaide has cost it politically, putting several seats at risk. On the back of a favourable shipbuilding ann