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

It is a positive plan that backs Australian firms to win more work on infrastructure and resource projects and it is a positive plan that supports innovation by establishing up to 10 precincts, bringing industry leaders, firms and research organisations together. It is a positive plan that will help small to medium sized businesses grow and create new opportunities and new local jobs. The first two precincts, in Melbourne and Adelaide, have already been announced and soon the government will introduce its Australian Jobs Bill into the parliament.

Compared to the negativity of those opposite, the difference is quite stark. All the coalition has delivered is relentless negativity, which is now being supported, unfortunately, by the Greens, and the Liberal and National parties are threatening the government’s jobs plans for their own cynical political purposes.

We believe, of course, that Australian workers deserve more, and that is why this Labor government is delivering for Australian workers: because Labor is the only party with a sincere commitment to jobs. It is why our $1 billion plan is focused on not only—

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