Labor understands Australians have a strong connection to our marine life. The Marine Park plan the last Labor Government put in place created the world’s largest network of marine protected areas in the world – over 2.3 million square kilometres were protected as Commonwealth Marine Parks. As part of this plan, Labor also released a Fisheries Adjustment Assistance Package to help the commercial fishing industry adjust to the creation of expanded Marine Parks.
about technology and infrastructure, e.g. the importance of modernisation of industry, or supportive of public spending on infrastructure/tech