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

I hear them all interjecting. In six years of Labor, they did not make one decision to build a ship in Australia—not one in six years. I suppose, in the seventh year, they were limbering up for a big decision—were they?—to build a ship in Australia.

Under this government, we've commissioned 54 naval vessels, driving jobs, innovation and advanced manufacturing. This is a government that's getting on with it. And we can afford to do it because the management of the budget by the Treasurer and the Prime Minister ensures we've got the money to invest in our military capability to protect our nation and its people and to invest in Australian business, Australian jobs and Australian manufacturing. That's something Labor could only ever dream about.

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