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

I could remind those opposite that the member for Wentworth told us just yesterday that there were quality jobs at stake in this global transformation. The member for Wentworth seems to have got the message about green jobs and the importance of the transformation of the Australian economy. But his party leader told us just last month that 'there is no way on God's earth that you can have a solar powered steel mill or a wind powered manufacturing plant'. When we turn that around we see that the member for Wentworth is actually saying that you cannot have wind turbines without steel, you cannot have solar plants without steel and you cannot upgrade the farms, factories and homes of this nation without steel. We are in the business of making sure that the steel is made in Australia. We want to make sure that people have opportunities to claim the rightful prosperity that is theirs. They want to enjoy the benefits of living in a society where that prosperity is properly shared. (Time expired)