Mark Vaile (Lyne, National Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

have grown up to $39.5 billion. We have gone from $99 billion worth of exports in 1996 to $192 billion worth in 2006. There is a whole range of government policies that are assisting the manufacturing industries in Australia to export to the world, whether they be the sound economic management that we have given this country or the workplace reforms that we have introduced to ensure that they can remain competitive and produce more jobs in the Australian economy.

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