Tony Zappia (Makin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Manufacturing) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Hindmarsh just talked about jobs in South Australia, yet he would not sign the pledge to build more naval vessels in South Australia when he was asked to. That shows the level of his commitment to building naval vessels in South Australia.

What we have is a government that is in absolute chaos, just like the member for Hindmarsh. One minute it is going to build 12 subs in South Australia, the next minute it is not sure about that. One minute it is going to build offshore patrol vessels in South Australia, the next moment they could be built somewhere else in Australia. One minute it is shafting the auto industry, costing thousands of jobs across Australia, the next minute it is talking to the auto industry about doing something about the GMH plant in South Australia. One minute it talks about climate policy, science and innovation, the next minute it is tearing down our science institutions, stripping away all the climate science jobs in this country and walking away from the expertise we need to put together good climate science policy for this country. One minute it is talking about a GST increase of 15 per cent, the next minute it walks away from it. I might add, it only said, 'We will not take a GST increase to this election.' It did not say what it would do after the election. Then we have one minister saying that Labor's negative gearing policy will drive the prices of houses up and the Prime Minister saying the opposite, that they will go down. This is a government in absolute chaos.

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