Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

On the question of export development, Minister Crean has made it perfectly clear on numerous occasions—in fact, from the first day this government came into office—that we have said there is a need for a new trade policy that takes our position beyond the resources boom. In a climate where we have a global economic crisis, such a view has been demonstrated to be thoroughly correct. The difference between this government and the opposition is that we do appreciate the need to diversify our trade policy, because we know that trade is about more than just producing goods and shipping goods— (Time expired)