Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

I am very happy to do that. We know the opposition is all over the place on this issue and it is creating huge uncertainty in the auto sector. The Labor government knows that the automotive manufacturing industry is an integral part of our economy. It pays the wages for about 250,000 Australians directly and in related manufacturing and service industries.

It is a cornerstone of the wider manufacturing sector, which employs around one million Australians.