Ms GILLARD (Lalor—Prime Minister) (14:18): Thank you very much. To the member's question: first, as she should know, that $34 million investment was to secure work on the models that are going to be produced by Ford up until October 2016, so we made that commitment to secure the jobs of working people not only at Ford but up the supply chain and it was the right thing to do. I understand that the member for Indi has a different approach: she wants to rip at least half a billion dollars out of industry support and up to $2 billion dollars out of industry support—that is, she is advocating a plan that would be crushing for the Australian automotive industry. The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will return to the question. Mrs Mirabella: Madam Speaker, on a point of order on relevance: the question was not about reiterating the misleading statements the Labor Party has made but answering the issue about the $34 million. The SPEAKER: The member for Indi will resume her seat. The Prime Minister has the call and will be relevant to the question before the chair. Ms GILLARD: I was asked about apologies. I think the member for Indi should apologise, along with the Leader of the Opposition, for their plan to cut assistance to the automotive sector by $500 million. They should apologise for standing for a plan that would cut in half assistance to 2015. They should apologise for standing for a plan that puts at risk the jobs of every auto worker in this country—that is, 50,000 direct jobs at Holden, Toyota and dozens of suppliers and a further 200,000 jobs in related industries. The member for Indi and the Leader of the Opposition should apologise for that. On this side of the parliament, unlike those opposite, we stand for jobs and growth. We stand for working with manufacturing to ensure that it is a source of strength for the Australian economy into the future and we will not endorse the opposition's plans to cut to the bone, including cutting industry assistance to the bone, and potentially seeing tens of thousands of Australians thrown out of work.