Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I would much rather be a member of a government that has delivered shipbuilding activity and submarine programs for South Australia than—like you and Senator Wong and Senator Gallagher have been—be a member of a government that delivered no shipbuilding investment in South Australia and no submarine investment in South Australia. I would much rather be a member of a party that has clear plans to ensure reliability and affordability of energy than be a member of a party that in South Australia oversaw the statewide blackout and oversaw the least affordable, least reliable energy markets in the country.

We are absolutely ensuring that, across South Australia and across Australia, we deliver continued investment in jobs growth that will benefit people in SA. If the Labor Party would only come on board and support the types of business tax plans the Turnbull government has outlined, we would see defence industries and other industries able to take even greater advantage of our investments and create more jobs, more high-paying jobs and better opportunities for all Australians.