Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia—Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Emergency Management and North Queensland Recovery) (14:29): I thank Senator Brockman for his question and I can certainly see, right across this chamber, the greatest threat we have to our defence capability in Australia. You only have to look at their past record. I know they don't want to talk about this, because what was their record? First of all, how many new ships or vessels did those opposite commission in six years of government? Absolutely zero. Not only that; when Labor are at the helm, they pose a real threat to our defence industry and capability. Guess how many defence projects those opposite cancelled when they were in government. Senator Cash: How many? Senator REYNOLDS: Those opposite cancelled 119 projects when in government. In addition, 43 projects were degraded and eight projects were cancelled altogether. And now Richard Marles is going to run the ruler over the submarine program, and we all know what that means: the second valley of death. (Time expired)