Arthur Sinodinos (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science) Share this | Hansard source

The first point to make is, of course, that these are decisions for state governments, but our engagement with them through this Commonwealth-state process I'm talking about is to create the conditions where we can create that pipeline of projects which gives some certainty to the industry about the demand that is coming, creates some sort of scale and gives us an opportunity to use smart manufacturing to achieve more in Australia. It's best, I think, to avoid confrontation and talk with the states through the Transport and Infrastructure Council to get this done. They don't like this, because we're actually engaging the states and getting the job done. That's why they keep interfering.