Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Conroy. I remind the minister that, since Labor's carbon tax was introduced almost a year ago, 30,000 Australian manufacturing jobs have been lost. These jobs include more than 1,000 jobs lost at Ford and Holden, 790 jobs lost at Boral, 300 jobs lost at Amcor, 170 jobs lost at BlueScope, 160 jobs lost at RPG Australia, 150 jobs lost at CSR in Sydney, 130 jobs lost at Queensland Alumina in Gladstone, 100 jobs lost at Kerry Ingredients in Melbourne, 100 jobs lost at Caterpillar in Bernie, 70 jobs lost at Windsor Farm Foods in Cowra, 70 jobs lost at Rosella, 60 jobs lost at Grain Products Australia in Tamworth, 30 jobs lost at Cigweld in Preston—and I could go on and on and on. Will the minister take any responsibility for the 30,000 jobs lost due in part to a carbon tax that has only made it harder for Australia to make things while making absolutely no difference to the temperature of the globe? (Time expired)