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

I remind the senator that, under your government, over 40 per cent of defence contracts actually went to overseas firms. I will remind the senator of what actions were taken by your government in regard to the protection of Australian manufacturing industries. I will remind the senator of your woeful record on these issues. We have a situation where the current tender arrangements for the procurement of Australian slouch hats are based on company arrangements which have been in place for a number of years, and those arrangements were actually put in place by your government. I know that there are very limited opportunities in this chamber to actually deal with the level of hypocrisy and absolute— (Time expired)