George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I will take it as a comment, but I will respond, Senator Carr. Senator Carr, you are speaking about a shipbuilding enterprise in Newcastle. Let me tell you what the Newcastle Herald has reported:

Newcastle Trades Hall Council secretary Daniel Wallace said unions and shipbuilding firms had been warning about the "Valley of Death" since Labor was in power.

So the 'valley of death', Senator Carr—this phrase that has been around the Australian shipbuilding industry for some time, by the way—is a phrase that comes from the trade union movement complaining about the 'valley of death' into which you sent the Australian shipbuilding industry during the Rudd, Gillard and Rudd governments, when you served as minister for industry. The shipbuilding industry had a near-death experience under you, Senator Carr, and it is being revived by the Abbott government.