Mr HUSIC (Chifley—Minister for Industry and Science) (14:33): Thanks to the member for Blair for his question and his continued support for manufacturing, especially across regional Queensland. I know the member for Blair is a bit of a history buff, and he would know that tomorrow is 76 years to the day the first Australian-made Holden rolled off the production line at Fishermans Bend in Victoria. Captured in an iconic photo was a beaming Ben Chifley, a prime minister who actually called for car manufacturers to come into Australia instead of driving them out. It was a government that was determined to reconstruct manufacturing in the aftermath of the turmoil of an awful global event: World War II. Similarly, the Albanese government committed to reconstructing manufacturing in the aftermath of the pandemic, where we saw that the things we needed most weren't there when we needed them most. We were too reliant on broken, concentrated supply chains and needed to stand on our own two feet and make more things here. A country that makes things makes great, secure jobs. From our point of view, we wanted to make a contrast from those opposite, who, in the last decade, sent Holden and the rest of the car industry packing. They put manufacturing into a deep freeze. We're bringing it back out of the cold. Under them, 100,000 manufacturing jobs went; under us, 70,000 have grown. And we have provided, through the National Reconstruction Fund, a platform to reinvigorate manufacturing. The first investments under the NRF have started, delivering, for example, security for workers in our industrial heartland, such as the 350 skilled jobs at RME in Toowoomba, which is being supported by the NRF. Mr Hamilton interjecting— Mr HUSIC: I note the interjection from the member for Groom. As I said, these people boo Santa. We are investing in the member's electorate, and he's opposed to it. I remember when there was a member for Groom who backed Aussie manufacturing. Remember Ian Macfarlane? Ian Macfarlane actually championed manufacturing, and the only other industry minister on their side who got it was the one sitting next to the member for Groom, the member for McPherson. Apart from that, they just sneer at manufacturing, oppose the NRF, oppose energy price relief for our manufacturers, oppose tax cuts for manufacturing workers, and oppose fee-free TAFE to bring more skilled workers into manufacturing. We are about being a country that can stand on its own two feet, giving great jobs to blue-collar workers. All they are about is photo-ops and denying the chance for manufacturing to grow. (Time expired)