Pat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence Industry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for that very generous question. It's rare to get a dixer from the opposition. I got one last week and I got another one today. I'm invited to contrast our performance on defence with that of those opposite, and I'll do that any day. Let's start with defence ministers. They had 12 defence and defence industry ministers, and what did that lead to? Twenty-eight major projects being cumulatively 97 years late. Let's go through some of my favourites.

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