Nick Champion (Wakefield, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this House:

(1) notes that on:

(a) 20 October 2017 General Motors Holden will end automotive production at the Elizabeth plant; and

(b) 3 October 2017 Toyota will end automotive production at the Altona plant; and

(2) acknowledges the devastating impact the end of automotive production in Australia will have on:

(a) workers and their families;

(b) the communities around Elizabeth and Altona;

(c) support industries;

(d) the national economy, and in particular the economies of South Australia and Victoria; and

(e) Australian manufacturing as a whole.

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