Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

This side of the chamber is always concerned about jobs. We have more than doubled annual infrastructure spend per head per South Australian. We are committed, unlike those opposite, to building 12 future submarines to be assembled in Adelaide, the biggest Defence project Australia has ever undertaken. What do we have on that side? 'Maybe we will, maybe we won't'—certainly a long way from a commitment. This is a government that is assisting the car industry because we understand the importance of advanced manufacturing skills to the Australian economy and the South Australian economy. We do care about jobs but, unlike those opposite, we match that care with policies. They simply want to talk down the economy.