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

And it includes our ambitions for heavy industry as well, Senator McKenzie, which was left in a parlous state after the miserable decade of industrial policy negligence of the Abbott and Morrison and Turnbull governments.

The truth is that the failure of that period was recognised, including by people among those opposite. Senator Canavan, on 4 February 2021, said:

Electricity prices for manufacturing businesses in Australia have gone up 91 per cent over the past decade.

That's what he said in 2021. The Abbott and Morrison and Turnbull governments allowed electricity prices for manufacturing to almost double. That's what happened. That's what happens when you allow 24 out of 28 coal-fired power stations to close down, Senator Canavan, and don't have a plan to do anything about it except send out a press release about a coal-fired power station in Collinsville that you never built. (Time expired)