Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.

People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don't like the shop trading hours and you're a shop owner, you don't have to open.

Everybody has to make their own decisions about how they choose to behave.

Defence is our best attack.

Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.

We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.

All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.