Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Minister, are you aware that half of the previous government's $45 million investment for support of the innovative capacities of textile manufacturers in your home state of Victoria has been abolished? Why is this government rashly abandoning Victorian firms by abolishing a program which used to have bipartisan support?