Mehmet Tillem (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have a further supplementary—considering the size of the minister's brief. Given that we already know, thanks to many published studies and evidence reiterated at the Productivity Commission inquiry, the value of Australia's automotive industry, the comparative amount of government assistance provided against international benchmarks, the level of support Australian industry requires and the impacts of any failure in the industry, will the minister admit that the true purpose of this inquiry is to provide an alibi for government inaction?