Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

A successful Western Australia is in the national interest. A successful mining industry is in the national interest. In Western Australia, in particular, there are a lot of jobs that directly depend on the success of the mining industry, and Labor's completely outrageous attack on the mining industry in Western Australia, which continues to this day, is having a very bad impact on jobs and on confidence in Western Australia, Senator Eggleston.