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

I would have hoped during the period of time in which Senator Carr held responsible for an industry portfolio that he understood the process that is required for naval shipbuilding, but, no. I actually know why he doesn't understand it. It's because they had no experience at it whatever.

Let me tell you what this government has done to support jobs in a number of ways that go beyond the investment that I've already talked about. We have a targeted retention strategy, which is creating up to 200 positions within ASC submarines for current shipbuilders working on the Air Warfare Destroyer Program, including up to 100 workers supporting the Future Submarine program office and filling vacant positions in the Collins class sustainment office and up to 100 scholarships to workers to support opportunities to upskill in roles in operations management, computer aided design, engineering—