Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Can I reiterate, to everybody here and everybody in Australia: every single cent we spend of the taxpayers' money, every single contract we enter into for our Naval Shipbuilding Plan—over $183 billion worth over the next few decades—and every single thing we do is about sovereign capability and about building sovereign defence capability in our nation. You do not have to wait for a piece of paper, Senator Wong, to see this government's commitment of 15,000 jobs and 70 vessels. That is our commitment.