Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship) Share this | Hansard source

A future made in Australia: can I tell you that, if this government keeps going, there will be nothing made in Australia, because the future under this government looks extraordinarily bleak. They're great with their little marketing spin: 'We'll put a bill in which gives the Treasurer'—the Treasurer who has overseen a cost-of-living and cost-of-business crisis—'control of the economy. We'll start running a command economy, and that's how we will ensure the future of manufacturing in this country.' Well, manufacturers are shaking in their boots under this government. They're saying to themselves: 'What's next? What are the government going to do to make our lives even harder?'

That is why we are going to oppose this bill—because it does nothing to address the issues which are confronting manufacturing in this country. As a matter of fact, everything it does is going to make things worse. To start with, will this bill help with affordable and reliable energy?

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