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

The government acknowledge that the industry is facing challenges. The government have been working very closely with the entire industry to ensure that we have a comprehensive response to these challenges. We are not responding on an ad hoc basis. We are in the business of ensuring that the industry remains strategically significant to this country in terms of its contribution to employment. We will be working with the car makers both in their operations here and internationally to ensure that the component suppliers and the unions are able to develop a much more sustainable response to these challenges by ensuring that we move towards a much greener industry in this country. We are consulting with the industry and we are working closely with the industry as part of that process. (Time expired)