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

What this government is doing is providing the wherewithal to support new investment. What this government is doing is providing the support for small business so it can move through these difficult periods and ensure its own future. This is a government that knows about how firms can regroup, reskill and redevelop opportunities. Unlike those opposite, who have shown nothing but contempt for the industries that have to go through this period of adjustment, we are in the business of taking practical measures to ensure the future of Australian industry and to ensure the future of high-skilled, high-wage jobs in this country. You, on the other hand, Senator Abetz, have not even signed up to any measures to support manu­facturing, to support the steel industry or to support our major companies. (Time expired)

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—