Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs
2:13 pm
Senator, if you look at the challenges of Whyalla, the challenges of that particular facility and the underinvestment by the previous owner, I think you will see the reasons why the blast furnace is in the state that it is.
But the point I'm making is an important point, because there is a difference between your side of politics and ours. We believe that a future made in Australia matters. We believe that jobs in these heavy industries matter, and we believe that it is important for governments to ensure that those industries can make the transition and be a long-term, sustainable part of the Australian economy, and it is your side of politics who have complained long and hard about government stepping up, stepping in and investing in these sectors.
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