House debates
Thursday, 13 August 2026
Questions without Notice
Economy
2:21 pm
Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Hansard source
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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