George Christensen (Dawson, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Come to the Mackay region and tell people why you voted this down, why you have delayed this project, why you want the Greens to keep on taking it to court, why you want these opportunities destroyed, why you want these jobs destroyed and why you have sacrificed the workers of North Queensland and Central Queensland for some cheap green inner-city votes. That is not the Labor Party way. You should be up there supporting it. You should be up there trying to get this project done. That is what the government is trying to do. That is what the Liberal-National coalition is trying to do. We are well and truly on the side of the mine workers of Central Queensland and North Queensland. It is such a shame that the Labor Party has hung them out to dry.

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