George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Well, Senator Carr, I will tell you what we are doing: we are reviving the Australian shipbuilding industry. We are reviving the Australian shipbuilding industry by completing the Air Warfare Destroyer project, a project begun by the Howard Liberal government, during your watch allowed to blow out in terms of delivery time and cost. We are committing to 12 new Australian submarines for the Royal Australian Navy, something that you did nothing to progress over six years. Your record, Senator Carr, was the delay of 119 defence projects, the cancellation of eight and the reduction of 45. That is what you did on your watch over six years. Is it any wonder that a defence contractor, starved by you for six years, has made this commercial decision now?