Ed Husic (Chifley, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Science) Share this | Hansard source

It's about deepening Australia's economic complexity through value-adding to our natural advantages.

In opposition, Labor said we needed to learn from the lessons of the pandemic. These weren't just words for the moment; they provide a roadmap for our economic future, and that's what the NRF will deliver. This new approach is sorely needed after a decade of waste and mismanagement from those opposite. The Liberal and National parties' only energy towards manufacturing is to drive manufacturers out of our country. They abused taxpayer dollars through grant programs designed to deliver political benefit not the national benefit.

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