Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I am very pleased that the member for Throsby has asked me about jobs in the Illawarra because the one political movement that was absolutely hostile to jobs in the Illawarra, particularly at BlueScope Steel, was the Labor Party. I well remember when Graham Kraehe, the chairman of BlueScope—a very gutsy, decent, business leader—went to the National Press Club to talk about the absolutely lethal threat that the carbon tax posed to BlueScope. What we have done for BlueScope is that we have saved BlueScope from the carbon tax.

Mr Perrett interjecting—

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