Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

These are important matters for consideration, the way in which the relevant vehicle-manufacturing industry is working. Within the context of the Australian operations, Ford is looking at its Chinese operations, looking at the capital upgrade that might have been necessary for production of new models post 2016, looking at the production capacity of its plant at Broadmeadows and the engine facility at Geelong and it came to a view, communicated to the government a couple of weeks ago, that it would no longer continue production past 2016. That international context is extremely important.

Mrs Mirabella interjecting—

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