Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition may think that reannouncing Howard government policy will score him points with the voters, but his environment spokesman has already let the cat out of the bag on coalmining. He has already said that automatic expansion of the coal industry is a thing of the past. The Leader of the Opposition’s sudden support for the coal industry will not fool the coalminers and it will not stop them worrying about their jobs under a future Labor government.

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