Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party, Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the call, Mr Speaker, and it's great to be back. I thank the member for Herbert for his question. And how good is the member for Herbert? What the member for Herbert knows, and I know, is how important the resources sector is to this country. He knows how important the resources sector is for jobs. He knows how important the resources sector is for growth in our economy. Mr Speaker, as you know, I'm an engineer. I do tend to like numbers, and the numbers for the resources sector are incredibly important: $281 billion into the economy—

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