Christopher Pyne spruiks major defence industry projects as Joint Strike Fighters arrive in Avalon

The Prime Minister and a clutch of senior ministers will witness first-hand today the arrival of two Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in Australia, which will take to the skies at the Avalon Air Show near Melbourne. Australia has ordered 72 of the aircraft at a cost of nearly $18 billion dollars. Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne speaks with AM's Sabra Lane ahead of the air show and says the deployment of the JSF program will be worth $1 billion a year to the Australian economy and will su