David Fawcett (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Carr, following reports today about the production of the Holden Commodore possibly ending in Australia. Why did the government demand in 2008 that Holden open its books and sign a letter of commitment about its Australian investment plans for the next decade when it broke $1.8 billion worth of promises to the car industry less than three years later, in an act that Ian Jones of the AMWU described as 'abject betrayal'? Why are the commitments this government makes to the car industry never kept?