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

Well, that is an extraordinary question that just shows, I think the total lack of self-reflection and insight that there is amongst the Liberals and Nationals and their friends in One Nation. The parties that in government closed four out of six of our refineries now have wandered through and discovered the forest of sovereign capability and are discovering these new trees just for the first time.

The point that I made in week 1 and week 2 of this was that there are some people in Australian politics who see a national challenge and see only a partisan opportunity for themselves. That is what they see, and the thing is that they do it over and over and over again. Every time they see a challenge, no matter what it is, it is the same behaviour that is exhibited. It is hyperventilating, hyperpartisan behaviour from those opposite, and it always ends in the same result.