David Johnston (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

So it would be very logical and proper if the Prime Minister, in discussing maritime and French-Australian relations, was to discuss submarine sonars and the very fact that we had a submarine program to be unfolded in Australia in the next several years. I am sure he would also have said, 'We're cleaning up one hell of a mess left to us by the Labor Party.' They talk about the ABC cuts—4.5 per cent over five years. They took 10 per cent out of the defence budget in one year. (Time expired)