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

I want to say this to the member who asked the question. We have an outstanding shipbuilder in Austal, an outstanding Western Australian based shipbuilder—an absolutely outstanding shipbuilder which has not only built ships for the Australian Navy and which is not only currently building ships for the Australian Border Force; it is building ships for the US Navy. Any Australian shipbuilder that can successfully build ships for the US Navy is damned good indeed.

Obviously, they will have a chance to bid for and be involved in the work in Adelaide and elsewhere—obviously.

Ms MacTiernan interjecting—

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