Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

People like Senator Farrell just want to play politics with these jobs. If they were serious about it, they would have done something about it when they were in government and they did not. They just watched the jobs march out the door. I would like to see the jobs saved. I hope Holden commit to see the process we are running through so we can have sensible discussions to find a better way to make this industry work in future where we do not continue to throw good money after bad but where we actually invest to keep jobs in Australia for the long-term.