Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Corangamite for her question. I know she has a particular interest in the success of the Joint Strike Fighter program because one of the companies that's had the most success out of it is Marand, which is a company that has a presence both in south-eastern Melbourne and in Geelong, where they employ at least 50 local residents of her seat, working very hard.

Today is a really important day in the Joint Strike Fighter program. It's a red-letter day because we passed over a billion dollars worth of exports because of the Joint Strike Fighter program. It's an incredible result. We'd hoped to pass a billion dollars, but we're there earlier than we'd expected, and by 2023 we should be at over $2 billion worth of exports. The Turnbull government's agenda around defence industry—

Mr Dutton interjecting—

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