Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Hansard source

Again I thank the minister for his answer. Despite the government's efforts, nothing has been done that will actually stop the governments such as New South Wales in their decision last year awarding $8.3 billion worth of contract work for New South Wales rail lines—some 6½ thousand tonnes of steel for the Metro Northwest project. Nothing's being done for state governments to award contracts for overseas builds of railway carriages. Is that not correct?