Senate debates
Monday, 2 March 2026
Questions without Notice
Energy
3:00 pm
Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source
Thank you for that question. This is the government with the biggest pro-manufacturing-industry package of any Australian government in our history. It is voted against all of the time by those opposite, who clearly demonstrate their lack of capacity to understand the challenges that are being faced by Australian industry. Mr Taylor did more damage to Australian industry than any energy minister in our history, and I see Mr Hastie now wandering around—I mean, he occasionally does turn up for work; I know Mr Dutton had his views about his work ethic. But standing out the front of facilities that have closed—oh, poor Sarah!
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