Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

All of us in this House, on this side no less than on the other side, are devastated that Holden has gone. We are all united in our disappointment and anguish at the demise in 2017 of our oldest, and for much of its history our largest, motor manufacturer—we are all devastated. But if Holden was so easy to save—and I do not want to play politics here—why didn't members opposite save it? Let's face it: they had six years to do so. And they are asking us to do, in less than three months, what they were incapable of doing in six years.

Mr Conroy interjecting—

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