From North Beaches Advocate tomorrow:

Emerald-class ferry fiasco Feb 12, 2024 – Unreliable engines will be replaced with ‘renewable ready’ upgrades in the three Emerald-class Manly ferries. Concerns over the reliability of the new Generation 2 Emerald-class ferry fleet have been mounting since they first entered service in October 2021. Although criticised for being Chinese built, the shipbuilder claimed the design of the ferries and propulsion systems were all sourced in Australia.
As the new Generation 2 Emerald-class fleet entered service, the older Freshwater-class ferries were due to be retired, but gradually, all but one has re-entered service as concerns over safety and reliability issues mounted.

https://www.northernbeachesadvocate.com.au/2024/02/12/emerald-class-ferry-fiasco/

Cheap Chinese-built reminds me of the Cheap Vietnamese-built MV Alfred which, only 3 years-old, ran aground on Orkney in 2022, the new Cheap Turkish-built ferries arriving soon, once they have washed-off the blood of injured workers in lightly regulated yards and the Cheap Romanian ferries on Lake Ontario that are unsafe to use two years after delivery.

Judging by the media coverage, transport ministers are not blamed for ferry purchasing errors in Australia.