House debates Questions without Notice

Economy

Thursday, 13 August 2026 House of Representatives

Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

2:21 pm

They're about to get upset, too, because I'm about to quote work of the current Leader of the Opposition, who wrote a report which said: 'In aluminium, there are few prospects for growth. We cannot compete in processing. Australian aluminium smelting is uncompetitive on both capital and operating costs. Chinese smelters have a clear capital cost advantage. Although our competitive position in processing is poor, Australia is well positioned to supply the emerging bauxite export market to China.' Well, there it is. We on this side of the House understand Australian jobs; they want them offshore. (Time expired)

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