Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Polley for another very good question. There they are, right across there. They are the obstacles to the creation of a National Reconstruction Fund. Those opposite are the threats to improving our national self-sufficiency, investing in Australian ideas and turning them into great Australian businesses. Those opposite threaten plans to attract international investment and deliver jobs, many of which will be right in your regional areas. The biggest threat to our plan for a National Reconstruction Fund is those senators sitting across the chamber, the coalition. They say no to investment, they say no to opportunity, they say no to self-sufficiency. The Liberals and the National say no, no, no to Australian jobs in Australian manufacturing.