Tony Pasin (Barker, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Mayo—sorry, Mr Speaker. They call out the need for Aussie jobs, but in this place, when they are asked to stand up and support the Adani project, there is deathly silence. The member for Mayo has indicated that she is not convinced it is in the national interest to support this project to the tune of $900 million—which, of course, would be a multi-user railway line from Abbot Point to the coal port. What I ask Senator Xenophon and the member for Mayo to do is to go to Whyalla. Tell the steelworkers in that community that it is not in the national interest to secure the future of this mine and the $74 million of railway steel that will be contracted as a result of this. As Neil Andrew indicated to me, you have to be consistent. I want them to stand up for Aussie jobs, to stand up for the Adani coalmine and to do it now.

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