Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for the question. I disagree with you. We are certainly not celebrating the demise of the car manufacturing industry in Australia. What we are acknowledging though is that successive governments have provided billions upon billions of dollars to the car industry and, as Senator Carr himself acknowledged when he was the relevant minister, it wasn't the result of any particular government, it was unfortunately—