House debates

Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Questions without Notice

Automotive Industry

2:15 pm

Photo of Scott MorrisonScott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

That indeed was a sad day for Australia. Holden announced its decision in December 2013, but it said it was due to the competitive pressures of the global automotive market. And Holden said at the time it would be wrong to simply attribute it to the action or inaction on the part of the government. That was the statement by Holden. They said that in December 2013. That was the Holden plant, but it seems to have escaped the notice of those opposite that Mitsubishi announced its intention to stop local manufacturing in February of 2008. Ford announced its intention to stop local manufacturing in May of 2013.

The reason Australians don't trust Labor on the economy is that they know that Labor doesn't understand the economy. If you can't work out—

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