Simon Crean (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

Well may you shake your head in shame, member for Mallee. It is an absolute disgrace, and you know it. You do not deserve to continue your representation of them. You call yourselves their champions? You have let them down disgracefully. Australian wheat growers fund the operation of the Wheat Export Authority through a compulsory levy—a tax. They have to pay for it and it did nothing. Don’t you think you would be asking for something in return for your money?

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