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

Of course, as you would imagine, this government has been engaged in discussions with the government of New South Wales, the owners of that facility and the trade unions engaged in that facility over the future of that facility for some time. We will continue that over the coming weeks and months as we work with that facility.

It's also the case that, more broadly across the aluminium sector in Queensland and Tasmania, facilities owned by Rio Tinto, a part owner of the Tomago facility, are working through their future power-purchasing agreements. In Queensland, the Gladstone facility has been successfully engaged in investment and underwriting solar and wind projects. I'm grateful for the assistance of the government of Queensland in supporting that work. There is competition— (Time expired)