House debates Questions without Notice
Defence Industry
Richard Marles Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence
2:31 pm
It's really good to hear the noise here. It's really good to hear the bark. It would have been good if there'd been some bite when they were in office.
This project alone represents an increase of $12 billion in the Defence budget. In the entire time that those opposite were in government, they increased the Defence spend by just $10 billion. We've already done $117 billion. We've done 12 times as much in four years as they did in nine. They were turning over Defence ministers every 18 months, building up a Defence ministers club—
Phil, they were never going to let you be a part of it, mate. Unlike us, they don't appreciate a good mullet.
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