Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, these projects have very substantial lead times. The Treasurer will no doubt provide the disallowable instrument that I referred to, as soon as he can, to a future parliament, but we won't be rushing the process of engaging with industry. We'll be making sure not only that we've got the design right but that industry supports it and that it's a platform for the kind of investment that this bill will facilitate.

The only thing that will stop that process happening is the election of a Dutton government. Mr Dutton and the crowd over there have committed to tearing this legislation down, ripping this investment up. They are the greatest sovereign risk that Australian manufacturing faces. They're the show that pushed the car industry offshore. They had that character Mr Constance—who's now, as I understand it, the Liberal candidate for Gilmore—whose sole achievement in public office as a minister in New South Wales was to send thousands of good Australian jobs, in the Hunter Valley and the Illawarra in particular, offshore. He is a stone-cold job killer who wants to be in the parliament again, with that kind of legacy. Australian manufacturing will be threatened only if the election returns a Dutton government, which would tear down this very important package for our national future.