Senate debates

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Questions without Notice

Automotive Industry

2:26 pm

Photo of Kim CarrKim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The Green Car Innovation Fund was a tremendous success: $500 million or thereabouts was committed, and it attracted some $2 billion in co-investment. We were obliged to take action as a result of the floods in Queensland. Not in any respect, in any way, have we removed our commitment to the automotive industry—unlike the policy of those opposite, which is to destroy the automotive industry. They have a policy right now to remove $500 million of support from the Automotive Transformation Scheme. This is an opposition that has absolutely no sympathy for Australian manufacturing— (Time expired)

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