Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

A strong and sustainable shipbuilding industry will also create thousands more jobs through the breadth of the supply chain and give the industry the certainty to invest and innovate to develop the capability the Navy needs. Unlike those opposite who did nothing to order or commission a ship from an Australian shipyard in the entire time in which they were in government, this government is getting on with the job and getting the job done.

Honourable senators interjecting—