QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator AYRES (New South Wales—Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science) (14:28): The biggest risk to our energy and industrial sovereignty is those opposite. That's the biggest risk. Who did more damage?

Mr Taylor, when he was the minister for energy, did more damage to Australia's electricity system than any other minister in our history. Four of our six refineries closed. The only thing that didn't stop refineries 5 and 6 closing when Mr Taylor was running the show was time; he just didn't have enough time to close refinery 5 and refinery 6.

Mr Hastie in the other place hasn't struck a blow on industrial policy since Mr Taylor was elected. Lots of posts angry about One Nation, but not much work on industrial policy from Mr Hastie. They're all focused on their internal politics, not focused on delivering for blue-collar Australia.