Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Hansard source

I know that the New South Wales energy minister, as with all members of the New South Wales parliament on our side of politics, strongly supports jobs in the Hunter Valley, including those 1,000 jobs at the Tomago smelter that will not stay if the Hunter Power Project does not proceed. Matt Howell, the CEO of that business, has made it absolutely clear that this is essential for the future of those jobs in the Hunter Valley. Those opposite should support it.

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