Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Edwards for his question and for his very strong advocacy of Australian industry and our economy. I am very pleased to say that the government's continuous shipbuilding strategy will have significant benefits for workers in the shipbuilding industry. Our plans for a continuous build of major naval ships in Adelaide and other vessels in Western Australia will secure more than 2,500 shipbuilding jobs for decades to come.

Senator Kim Carr interjecting —