Sophie Mirabella (Indi, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Industry and Science) Share this | Hansard source

No. So we find that these Labor members are prepared to say anything and do anything to get them through the election because they know that this Prime Minister has trashed the Labor brand. They are desperate to hold onto a seat they thought they would have for life. They should have considered the jobs of people in their own electorates. Those people will pass judgement on them for the policies that have destroyed confidence and pushed up the cost of making things in Australia and of employing people.

Ministers like the minister for trade and the minister for transport are out there, suddenly blaming Ford for not having a sustainable business model or an export strategy. The question is asked: 'When did the Labor Party know? Did they know that when they made a secret deal behind closed doors to grant Ford $34 million?' But we will not get any of those answers, because this government is about making secret deals behind closed doors to save its own— (Time expired)

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