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

Thank you, Senator Green, for your second supplementary question. Australia's manufacturers cannot afford to go backwards. Under the former government, 100,000 manufacturing workers lost their jobs, many of those in regional areas. Since coming to government, we have created 70,000 more manufacturing jobs. Australian manufacturers need a government that will support great businesses, like Russell Mineral Equipment, to provide high-paying jobs to high-skilled workers in regional Queensland. There's a huge global competition to attract manufacturers in a net zero future. That's exactly what this Labor government is doing. An arrogant and reckless government run by Mr Dutton is the last thing that Australia needs if we want to secure good-quality jobs in a net zero future.