Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I know members opposite do not like being reminded of their comprehensive and monumental failure, but we will remind them of the mess and the chaos that they created, every day—every single day. Seven years ago, eight years ago now, nine years ago now, Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister, promised—he absolutely promised categorically—that the subs would be built in South Australia without a tender and then did absolutely nothing for six years.

Members opposite want to know about jobs. Under members opposite, defence jobs in this country declined by 10 per cent. There was a holocaust of jobs in defence industries under members opposite. That is what there was. Jobs, jobs, jobs—I am sorry, and I withdraw, Madam Speaker. There was a decimation.

Mr Burke interjecting—

I have withdrawn already.

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