Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter

Senator WHISH-WILSON: One of the selling points of AUKUS in [inaudible] Australia has been that we can share your lived experience and expertise as a partner, as we would with the US. You're saying that, in terms of decommissioning these nuclear submarines and disposal of waste, if we were to ask you, 'How would we do it?' right now we would get, 'Don't ask us,' as a response—or would the UK government be able to provide Australia with that kind of expertise? Mr Deere-Jones : The UK government would provide you with its plans, but it might be a little more reticent—