Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

There was a time when the Labor Party wanted to have economic credibility—during the Hawke-Keating period, when they wanted to put behind them the hideousness of the Whitlam era. Well, they have certainly turned their back on that. They've taken a sharp left turn. And there is absolutely no doubt in the minds of the public in Australia that if they want a political party, a coalition like the Liberal and National parties, to look after the economy, the only way of doing so is to vote for the Liberal and National parties at elections.

Defence industry is doing its part. Because of the Turnbull government's commitment to the biggest build-up of our military capability in our peacetime history, we are seeing new jobs being created right across the country, not just with Raytheon and BAE in Bennelong, where there were 50 jobs created in recent times, but with companies like: Kinexus—27 new jobs in Mawson Lakes; Saab—going from 350 to 650 jobs in South Australia; Lockheed Martin—taking on 200 more people in South Australia; Boeing—165 more people as part of the Wedgetail project, mostly in Brisbane; Northrop Grumman—increasing its workforce to 1,000 in Western Sydney; and, in shipbuilding, Henderson—400 new jobs associated with the offshore patrol vessels, largely in the member for Canning's electorate. So everywhere in Australia, we are seeing this good news being rolled out. (Time expired)

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