James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I feel duty-bound to provide a real-time fact check on Senator Ayres's contribution, in one respect, before turning to the substantive matters of his contribution. The first is on the question of the car industry and its departure from Australia. In Australia there are four major car companies that manufacture: Mitsubishi, Ford, Holden and Toyota. Senator Ayres certainly is correct to say—

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