Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition, before he comes in here and misrepresents circumstances, should acquaint himself with the facts. He should actually pay the respect to working people necessary to acquaint himself with the facts. I refer him to the statement of the Managing Director of Alcoa, Mr Alan Cransberg, who has, as Alcoa has previously stated, that 'the review of the Point Henry smelter and the current situation have not been brought about by the upcoming price on carbon but are as a result of the international price of aluminium and the high Australian dollar'.

The Leader of the Opposition, once again, in here trying to sell his misrepresentations to these working people and to Australians generally—completely disgusting to try and create that fear, completely disgusting to try and profit off that fear but in keeping with the kind of negativity we always expect from the Leader of the Opposition. He has never cared about saving a job, he has never acted to save a job and today he is not telling the truth about these jobs.

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