Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

Do not allow the interjection! I know how upset you are, to turn on the television set to find, once again, the National Party going into bat for their people. I know how galling that must be, when you are standing there going into bat for the Greens, going into bat for GetUp! and going into bat for the BLF—Norm Gallagher's grandson! When are you going to have the ticker to stand up to your people and get the Chinese free trade agreement through?

When are you going to do it? If you could do one thing for agriculture, it would be to get that through. It is the only part of your portfolio where you actually can be relevant, and you can be relevant today.

You can come to the dispatch box today and say that you are going to make sure that the Chinese free trade agreement goes through. You can stand in line with the National Farmers' Federation, the Victorian Farmers Federation, the Tasmanian farming groups and AgForce. You can stand in line with Jay Weatherill and Annastacia Palaszczuk. You can stand in line with the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews. You can stand in line with them and our nation and get this agreement through or you can stand in line with the BLF. You can make that choice today. If you have got the ticker to do it, you will do it.

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