Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you. A promise was made to South Australians and Australians that the submarines would be built in Australia. That is what this bill and the opposition's amendment are about.

The second point I did want to put on the record at this point concerned the comments by Senator Abetz about the Mr Fluffy asbestos demolition. I did want to make very clear to anybody listening: the opposition have already indicated to the government that we would facilitate passage of that and I think four other noncontroversial bills in the normal time for—