Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

If the Labor Party is so concerned about the construction of submarines in South Australia, and they really want to know who ought to be looked at closely as to the situation we currently find ourselves in, then the first thing they should do is look in the mirror. There they would see a facsimile of Nero, fiddling while Rome burnt. The reality is that the decision around the construction of submarines for the Australian Navy should have been made two years ago.

But what did the Australian Labor Party do about the construction of submarines? They took $20 million out of the budget.