Stephen Jones (Throsby, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is very important that those opposite make a clear position on this. If they are elected to government, will they cease and desist from the future payments through the steel transformation plan to steel industry employees? Will they cut them off? Steel industry employees need certainty to ensure that they can restructure and reinvest and to ensure that we have a viable steel industry in this country. The big axe hanging over their heads is the position adopted by those opposite.

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