Director of Foreign Policy and Defence Professor Peter Dean is quoted in this article in The Australian discussing the future of Australia's naval surface fleet. Professor Dean says, “According to what we know from Senate estimates and the Audit Office report, the cost of nine Hunter-class frigates currently sits at around $50bn and rising, and will only get more expensive. So you could get between six and 10 corvettes for the price of a single Hunter-class frigate.”
Defence7 August 2023