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

Thank you, Senator Marshall. Australia now has the capacity to develop exciting new generations of green technologies. If we take the new body shop at Holden’s plant at Elizabeth in South Australia, it is amongst the most advanced and most flexible in the General Motors world. It lends itself to fuel systems such as LPG, natural gas and ethanol. It could even be adapted in the future with a business case to develop hybrid or electric drive trays. The Australian firm Orbital Corporation is developing direct injection technologies for the lucrative Chinese market. CSIRO has just signed a technology transfer agreement with a leading Australian company, Moran, to enable solar car motors to be manufactured in Victoria. The transformation of this industry and its technology is well underway. I just hope the Liberal Party is prepared to stand by that industry, change its negative attitude and actually defend green jobs in Australia.