Pat Conroy (Charlton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I enjoyed the last speaker's efforts to talk about allocative efficiency and the efficiency of investment in infrastructure, given he is from the party of regional rorts, from the party that brought us the $280,000 grant to a cheese factory that never opened, the rail line that never worked, and various investments. I applaud the member for Mallee, because at least the member for Mallee was honest about saying, 'I want political influence in this process because I want to win pork for my electorate.' That is a great attitude from a National Party member, because he is open about what they want to return to.

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