Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Corangamite for my first question as Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science—I hope the first of many from both sides of the House, because the Prime Minister has determined that innovation will very much be at the centre of the new economy in Australia. He very reasonably, I think, gave me the job of managing that process and I was very grateful to receive it. I look forward to fixing some of the hurdles that have been in the path of making the most of innovation in our economy.

I was very pleased to be in the member for Corangamite's electorate in Geelong last Wednesday to open a new facility for a company called Carbon Revolution, which is a new business in Geelong.

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