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

My question is to Senator Brandis, the Minister representing the Minister for Defence. I draw the minister's attention to the report in the Newcastle Herald that 160 more workers at Forgacs' Tomago shipyard will be laid off in July due to the lack of work. The report goes on to say:

… the rest of the jobs will be phased out by year's end unless there’s a dramatic change in Commonwealth shipbuilding policy.

Minister, after two years of doing nothing, when will the Abbott government end its inaction that has caused hundreds of highly skilled Australian ship workers to lose their jobs?