Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, upon notice, on 6 November 2012:

Does the department agree with the article, published in The Australian on 17 August 2012, that states '85,600 jobs could be lost from manufacturing within the next five years unless the nation's productivity and competitiveness is improved'.