Matt Burnell (Spence, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

What a great day it is to be the member for Spence! The community, my community, are supercharged, excited, lit up. That's because of the passage this morning of the legislation for the NRF, a $15 billion fund that will see the revival of manufacturing in my home state of South Australia. This is going to deliver a better green-tech industry, a better high-tech industry, better ag tech and better medical tech. It's going to improve the transport industry—and a big shout-out to my TWU friends up in the Speaker's gallery today.

This is a fantastic day. My people, my constituents, have been waiting for something for quite some time. The passage of the NRF bill does exactly that. We on this side of the chamber are celebrating. To the Minister for Industry and Science, quite aptly the member for Chifley: today is a light on the hill moment for those in the manufacturing industry.

I've got one last thing to say, Mr Speaker. I'm disappointed in those opposite. I'm extremely disappointed in the member for Sturt, the member for Barker and the member for Grey.

Opposition Members:

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Matt Burnell (Spence, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

You continue to leave our people in our great state of South Australia lagging behind. Well, today we corrected that record; we set it straight.