Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

in his actions in how he goes about it. He is a person who has no interest in actually bringing about a result. He just wants to fight. He probably gets that desire, that zeal for the fight, from his days in the union—where they can go into an area where things have been resolved and create chaos. The dilemma that we were placed in was we made sure, we made the promise, that we would resolve this issue by the time that the rate went back to 32½ per cent, which was 1 January next year. We made that promise. We honoured that promise. We delivered on that promise. And right now the Labor Party still hold to their promise of a 10½ per cent rate. Is the member for Maribyrnong going to stand up now and show his authenticity and show he is not duplicitous by saying he stands behind the 10½ per cent rate? Will you do that? Of course you will not, because you cannot be trusted. (Time expired)

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