Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:46): If I might, on indulgence, just say to our friends from Malaysia: selamat datang. It's great to have you here, and we thank you for your friendship. In relation to the guided weapons and explosive ordnance program, or GWEO, as it is known, as you know, Senator, the government is very focused on making decisions to keep Australians safe and to create a future made in Australia. An aspect of that is the delivery of a sovereign guided weapons enterprise, and we've backed this up through our actions. We will start manufacturing missiles in Australia next year. We've committed up to $21 billion over the next decade. There has been the acquisition of long-range strike weapons, and recently my colleague Senator Conroy announced that the government would invest some $850 million to manufacture long-range missiles in Australia, in partnership with Kongsberg Defence Australia. The factory in Newcastle will be able to manufacture both the joint-strike and naval-strike missiles, and it will be the first factory outside of Norway to make these missiles— The PRESIDENT: Minister Wong, please resume your seat. Senator Van. Senator Van: On a point of order on relevance: I was asking for the key companies that have been contracted to provide weapons to GWEO. The PRESIDENT: Yes, and I accept that that was the question at the end, but you also went to the strategic review and the need for particular weaponry and so on, so the minister is being relevant to the question, but I'll continue to listen. Thank you, Senator Van. Senator WONG: I'm sorry, Senator. I thought this was directly relevant. I'm happy to try and get further information from DPMO, if that assists. Minister Conroy has also announced $142 million to acquire a joint-strike missile. As you know, the GWEO enterprise under the previous government only really produced two things, and they were two media releases, but I'm happy to provide further information. I thought that this was directly relevant to the question you were asking. The PRESIDENT: Senator Van, first supplementary?