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

I certainly can, because what we have done over the last 12 months is make capability decisions that will shape Australia's long-term security for decades to come. We have short-listed the designs for our nine future frigates and 12 offshore patrol vessels. We have selected Austal to build up to 21 Pacific patrol boats. And after years of nothing being done by the other side the Turnbull government has selected DCNS of France as our international design partner for the future submarine.

All of these surface vessels and our submarines will be built in Australia, creating long-term certainty for our shipbuilding industry and those who work within it, in stark contrast to those opposite, who did not commission a single vessel from an Australian shipyard in six years. We have also invested in 1,100 Hawkei vehicles from Thales, which we built in Bendigo, and we have invested $1.2 billion in a new pilot training system for the Australian Defence Force. (Time expired)