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The leak contains more than 22,000 pages outlining the secret combat capability of six submarines that DCNS has designed for the Indian Navy. File photo of Malaysia's first submarine, "KD Tunku Abdul Rahman", a Scorpene-class diesel-electric submarine, docks in Port Klang outside Kuala Lumpur September 3, 2009. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/Files The French shipbuilder which earlier this year won a A$50 billion ($38.06 billion) contract to build Australia's next generation of   submarines   has suffered a massive data leak, raising doubts about the security of one of the world's biggest defence projects. France's DCNS Group beat out Germany's ThyssenKrupp AG and a Japanese-government backed bid by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, in a blow to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to develop defence export capabilities as part of a more muscular security agenda. The leak, which was first reported in The Australian o...

Australian PM Turnbull promises gay marriage referendum if re-elected Australian Prime Minister   Malcolm Turnbull   on Monday promised a referendum on legalisation of same-sex marriages before the year ends, if he is re-elected. "Of course, if we are successful on July 2, then I have every expectation that the parliament will swiftly legislate for a plebiscite and a plebiscite will be held shortly after parliament resumes, which I would assume to be in August," Turnbull said during an event in Sydney. "So I would hope that the plebiscite could be held before the end of the year," said Turnbull. Opposition Labour Party leader Bill Shorten asked Turnbull to legalise same-sex marriage immediately instead of calling a   referendum , which he said, will become a "platform for homophobia". "I intend to win the election. I intend to put forward legislation in the first 100 days," Shorten said. Australia, which accepts civil marriage in ...