George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I know that Senator Wong hates to hear the good economic news about Australia: almost 220,000 new jobs created; a $195 billion spend on defence capability over the next 10 years, which puts Australia—

Opposition senators interjecting—

in a sector in which the government of which you were a member did not make a single decision in six years; a shipbuilding plan which involves the construction of 54 new naval vessels in Australia, when the government of which you, Senator, were a member did not construct a single naval vessel in Australia in six years; over three million Australian premises now connected to the NBN; more Australian premises connected to the NBN in the last month than in all six years that the government of which you were a member was in office; investment in critical telecommunications infrastructure in regional Australia, which will extend the NBN to people in regional Australia, even though—

Senator Conroy interjecting—

Senator Kim Carr interjecting—