Australian cabinet decided to strengthen her navy according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1924 no. 5

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated May-June 1924 reporting that as a result of the decision not to strengthen Singapore the Australian cabinet came with a naval shipbuilding program. The intention was to built in the next 9 years 4-10.000 cruisers and 6-1.000 ton submarines and also strengthen her air defence.