Sean Edwards (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Australian shipbuilders, if they get their act together, have the opportunity to build a submarine force that is world-class, as the Collins class was. Now they have an opportunity to do it. If the union movement came together, stopped protesting and sharpened their pencils to get together with management of ASC and other shipbuilders like Forgacs and Osborne. If they realised that, they would have a real shot at this. 'Do not waste a nanosecond' is my message to the union movement, which has been crying this opportunity but which has been ranting and raving—