Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I first acknowledge Senator Payne's generosity in allowing us an early copy of the white paper and also an invitation to its release, which I was unfortunately a little busy to go to. I also acknowledge her generosity in agreeing to reconvene Senate estimates sometime in the near future to go over it. I genuinely want to acknowledge that.

When he was Prime Minister, Mr Abbott repeatedly promised to build the first few offshore patrol vessels in South Australia. Again, 1,300 jobs were at risk. Why have you decided to walk away from Mr Abbott's promise to build the OPVs in Adelaide? (Time expired)