Peter McGauran (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

to meet any domestic shortfall. That commitment has been met in full by the government. Trading on people’s suffering and misery is the lowest act of a politician, and the Leader of the Opposition and the Premier have been doing exactly that over the last couple of days. Even as late as this morning at his doorstop, he was telling hard-pressed and fearful banana growers of north Queensland and their associated industry that they would suffer further loss because of the government reneging on its promise. They have made allegations of broken promises, of increased competition and quarantine laxness—all of it untrue. Let us not beat about the bush: Labor were peddling lies and the evidence of that is that there is no question on the bananas today. We are halfway through question time and there is not a single question from Labor—and I am hopeful there might be some.

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