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

It is important, and it's an important question because, if you get that right, it means the cost of investment doesn't fall wholly on the federal budget. The private sector does need policy certainty to invest, and that's something that the Liberal Party's recently released election manifesto, or review, makes clear. If you decide that you're going to publicly fund a $600 billion nuclear fiasco, not only does the market desert you—not only does investment disappear—but the public desert you as well.