Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the Australian industry was precluded from bidding, I refer the minister to his statement before the election to the ABC in Newcastle: 'I get really fired up when I find us giving away our manufacturing base in the Defence space to foreign manufacturers, it's just not on.' Will the minister now apologise to the hardworking men and women of the shipbuilding industry whose jobs will be sent to Spain and South Korea— (Time expired)