Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

The way you characterise that, Senator Payman, is completely at odds with the record of investment and, I have to say, with the attitude of the Western Australian government to these questions. They have ambition for Western Australia. They are focused on industrial development and on the development of the electricity system that will be required to facilitate that development. That means more jobs in the outer suburbs and more jobs in regional Western Australia. We will not lose sight of any part of Australia, particularly the industrial regions of Australia that need this development. What we won't be doing is being out there, like the team over there, opposing wind projects, solar projects and transmission projects that are required to deliver for blue-collar jobs. They hate blue-collar jobs over there. We're determined to back them.