Andrew Broad (Mallee, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

The matter of public interest discussion today is: 'The Government failing to protect the living standards and working conditions of Australians'. I ask: where is the Labor Party of old—the party of the workers? Over the winter break, instead of going overseas, I suggest those opposite grab a car and a camper trailer and head out to Barcaldine and stand under the Tree of Knowledge. They might be inspired under the Tree of Knowledge to remember the Labor Party of old—the workers in the heat. I remember the heat in a shearing shed north of Broken Hill. I remember the flies, the burrs, the sweat under my arms. You bend your back working. You are away from your family.

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