House debates

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Questions without Notice

Economy

3:17 pm

Photo of Craig EmersonCraig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Dunedoo for his question. The Hawke-Keating governments set about systematically to fashion an open, competitive economy to turn the Australian economy away from an inward-looking economy protected by high tariff barriers—

Mrs Mirabella interjecting

and the sledging has already started from the member for Indi, of course, because she is absolutely and totally opposed to trade.

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