David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I note the senator comes from South Australia, the defence state. When I talked about the amount of money that had been ripped out of the defence portfolio, where was the senator, because his defence state was the principal victim of his own government's maladministration of the portfolio? He sat quiet while people's jobs were sacrificed in South Australia because of politics. The defence state of South Australia suffered more than any other state, and where was the senator in the last four years—advocating for his state? He sat dumb while the defence state of South Australia was utterly ripped off by his own government.