Parramatta

ASSISTANT MINISTER TIM AYRES: Today has been a terrific opportunity to talk to the management and workers at Rheem's Rydalmere facility. This place makes hot ...

And my job as the member for Parramatta is to make sure that local businesses are linked into that policy, have the best chance of accessing that policy and the role region’s manufacturing future is as bright as its storied history has been. Is working with Rheem and the workers here going to be a big focus for you going forward? You know, I said right through the election campaign that making sure that the future of Parramatta has manufacturing at the heart of the industrial plan is really important. Secondly, it’s great to have a government that finally backs Australian manufacturing and is committed to the future of Australian manufacturing. What are the changes that need to be made both in terms of manufacturing policy for Australia but also the web of regulatory change that impacts on the sale of water heaters. And that's been the conversation today - how do Australian manufacturers like Rheem help with the big transition to energy efficiency, climate change and innovation.So some terrific messages here today from the managers and workers at Rheem, a company that is innovating and preparing for many more decades of manufacturing right here in Parramatta.