Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science) Share this | Hansard source

I have three brief questions for the minister. The first is that on the department's industry website key automotive statistics are fairly old and out of date; they date back to 2011 or earlier in some cases. What are the most up-to-date figures for the following categories: vehicle production, exports, turnover, labour productivity and R&D? If the minister does not know, when will the opposition be able to have this information?

My second question is: who is attending the so-called crisis talks meetings on the car industry with the government on Friday, and is it true that at least one of the local car manufacturing companies is not even coming to the talks? If so, which one?

My third question is one that Senator Lundy could not answer in Senate estimates yesterday, so I will ask the minister. Will Ford's decision last month to shut down all of its car manufacturing in Australia change the total amount of money the government will make available through the ATS to 2020, and if so in what way?

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