Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to each and every project, commercial decisions will be made by the various parties but, I must say, I was somewhat excited by the prospect of a $16 billion infrastructure investment in our nation, but of course that means jobs and that is why the Greens are automatically opposed to it.

I say to the honourable senator that, if there is a viable $16 billion investment in the Australian resource sector, that means jobs, that means prosperity, that means wealth—it means that we have more money for the things that we need in this country.