Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry) Share this | Hansard source

I still have time! The reality is that all good mines start with exploration and that is why this government has put in place a $100 million exploration development incentive, which I launched in the member for O'Connor's electorate, to make sure that we have the exploration that ensures that the mining industry remains strong.

Those opposite treated the mining industry as a cash cow—as an ATM; somewhere to go when they ran out of money. The coalition government wants to make sure that the mining industry actually continues to produce the one thing that is very important, and that is jobs—jobs for all Australians.

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