Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I completely reject that question and the underlying premise behind it, because the Prime Minister and Minister Reynolds are consistently engaged in working together in relation to the delivery of these projects, along with the members of the National Security Committee of the cabinet and along with the relevant defence department officials and agencies. That's what's happening. This is a government that works as a cabinet government—a Prime Minister and his ministers working together to make sure that we achieve the outcomes our government has set. The outcome our government is set to achieve is to deliver the naval infrastructure and capabilities that we need for the future, to deliver the frigates, the submarines, the offshore patrol vessels, the investment in other technology and capability that our defence department requires—$90 billion worth of commitments that we have made compared to the big fat zero that we inherited when we came to office.