Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, we are the government—and, boy, have we got a job to do! We have got a very big job to do because of what you have done to wreck our economy. In my electorate we are fighting for important new industries. There is the Geelong Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases. We are investing money in a new intensive agriculture precinct.

Mr Watts interjecting—

I know it does not resonate in Gellibrand but agriculture is incredibly important right across this nation. There is the $18 billion Defence project, the Land 400. I am very proud of my community, led by the Mayor of Geelong, and what we are doing to fight for that project which would do so much for our city and our state. I understand that members opposite have not been following the news and have not read the papers, obviously, but—led by the industry minister, Ian Macfarlane, we are conducting an economic review of the South Australian and Victorian economies. I am on that panel—the Industry and Manufacturing Economic Review Panel—and I can assure you that we are absolutely focused on what we need to do as a government to grow jobs, to grow confidence and to help transition this economy. We are focused on innovation, on advanced manufacturing, on food processing, on IT and on communications. We have a plan.

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