Australia Asks If It Can At Least Get A Tracking Number For Its $368 Billion Submarine Order

The Department of Defence has reportedly been refreshing its inbox every 30 minutes after being told its nuclear submarine order may not arrive at all, sources confirmed Monday. A spokesperson said the department had attempted to contact the delivery provider multiple times but kept being placed on hold before being transferred to a voicemail box that was full. "We were given a window of 2035 to 2040, which we felt was already quite broad," the spokesperson said. "Now we're being told the driver may have gone to a different address entirely." Internal documents reveal the department is now considering disputing the charge, though officials noted the refund policy requires the original receipt, which may have been in a filing cabinet lost during a 2023 office restructure. The department confirmed it would try waiting at home all day on the off chance something turned up.

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