Harry Quick (Franklin, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome the opportunity to speak on the appropriation bills. Today I wish to raise two totally different issues, both very close to my heart. The first relates to the events in Iraq and Pakistan. Mr Deputy Speaker Lindsay, you represent an area—very proudly, I know—in which a large proportion of Australia’s defence arrangements are centred, in Townsville and Thuringowa.

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