Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It is true. Are those opposite assuming that farmers do not work? We assume they do work—and they work very hard. They are among the best and most effective farmers in the world, and when it comes to standing up for their interests and their rights, including making the economic policy settings of Australia more conducive to interest rates heading down than going up, we will stand up for the farmers of Australia any day.

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