Payne coy on subs decision timing
AAP
Defence Minister Marise Payne won't say whether the government will announce the successful bidder to build Australia's new submarine fleet before a likely July election.
Japan, Germany and France are involved in a competitive evaluation process for Defence's largest-ever procurement project.
"An announcement is going to be made in 2016," Senator Payne told reporters in Canberra on Thursday.
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