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

It strikes me as passing strange that, as far as I can tell, the only people in Australia who are talking down the development of the Attack class submarine are senators from South Australia like Senator Patrick and occasionally those opposite, when they feel a twinge of guilt about what they completely failed to do for the entire term of their government.

Our job, our task and our commitment is to maximise Australian content and to maximise Australian industry engagement. It is what I have prosecuted, it is what Minister Pyne has prosecuted, and it is what my colleague Senator Linda Reynolds will continue to do as the defence industry minister.