Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

I am just making the point that Terence Cole was paid $2,750 a day. In today’s dollars that is $3,280 a day. We are very fortunate that we are able to secure the services of Mr Bracks. We are very fortunate that we now have a government that does not work on the assumption that we can allow manufacturing to go onto automatic pilot. We are concerned to ensure the sustainability of this industry that 60,000 Australians rely upon. Our commitment is to ensure the sustainability of this industry. It is so unfortunate that the opposition has failed so dismally to understand these basic facts.