{"id":32110,"date":"2016-05-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/nick-xenophon-drops-aussie-shipbuilding-bombshell-2\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T00:00:00","slug":"nick-xenophon-drops-aussie-shipbuilding-bombshell-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/nick-xenophon-drops-aussie-shipbuilding-bombshell-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Xenophon drops Aussie shipbuilding bombshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A shaken Nick Xenophon has spoken to Leon Byner about a government decision that has dashed hopes that shipbuilding work worth \u201chundreds of millions of dollars\u201d would be done in Australia.<\/h3>\n<p>Senator Xenophon spoke to Leon Byner only minutes after stumbling across a bombshell about the deal with a Spanish shipmaker to build supply vessels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was revealed in the course of Senate estimates that the supply ship contract was signed yesterday,\u201d Mr Xenophon revealed. \u201cNo media announcement, no media release has been put out yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>LISTEN TO NICK XENOPHON HERE:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/262710567&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr Xenophon said it was \u201cshocking news\u201d to discover the contract worth $800m will only include $130m of Australian content and no Australian shipbuilders.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether at least Australian steel would be used in the build, Mr Xenophon told a bemused Leon Byner that the Spanish shipbuilder had simply been given the \u201ccontact details\u201d of Australian steelmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re telling me that the best they can do for local procurement is give out a phone number? Are you joking?\u201d asked Leon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is no joking matter,\u201d replied Mr Xenophon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was actually shocked. We were all quite stunned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/eddie-betts-laughs-off-bruising-from-highchair-mishap\">EDDIE BETTS LAUGHS OFF FREAK ACCIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/david-and-will\/jay-weatherill-calls-uber-s-bluff-on-fiveaa-breakfast\">JAY WEATHERILL CALLS UBER\u2019S BLUFF ON FIVEAA BREAKFAST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A shaken Nick Xenophon has spoken to Leon Byner about a government decision that has dashed hopes that shipbuilding work worth \u201chundreds of millions of dollars\u201d would be done in Australia. Senator Xenophon spoke to Leon Byner only minutes after stumbling across a bombshell about the deal with a Spanish shipmaker to build supply vessels. 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