Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Senator again for his supplementary question. One of the issues when we talk about money—and I do take on board that some of the heckling around the enormous investment in South Australia in Defence obviously has nothing to do with your question, and I accept that, Senator. When we talk about the $220 million, the $160 million, $1.77 million or in fact the $3.6 billion, I think what is lost in that regard is the actual number of jobs that this equates to. This is funding for a population of, as I have indicated, not a huge amount, but this equates to generating at least 550 jobs, and I think that, with that amount of jobs, they're the sorts of things that South Australians are talking about. 'Where does our future go? How can you guarantee our jobs in South Australia?' (Time expired)