Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

It is interesting. The Leader of the Opposition is critical of us, saying we are focused on 18C, yet every question has been about 18C. But on this side there was another solid question about our national economic plan, about this government's plan to keep boosting economic growth, to keep driving jobs. He asked what it is that we are doing to focus on new export markets. I am very pleased to answer the member for Forde because, unlike that side of the House, he does not have an ideological preoccupation with 18C. He is focused on real-world concerns that we on this side know resonate with Australians—concerns about jobs, about economic growth, about wages and about opening export opportunities. This government's opening of export markets is part of the reason—

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