David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Why then, Minister, has the Gillard government ignored the call of Australian Manufacturing Workers Union New South Wales Secretary, Tim Ayers, who says this short-sighted decision will threaten our national security, the viability of the Garden Island shipbuilding and repair facility as well as the jobs of hundreds of highly skilled Australian workers?