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

I thank the honourable member for McMillan for his question and note his intense interest in the working men and women of Gippsland and the Central Highlands and the jobs that are at threat there today. I might note that the member for Calwell and the member for Shortland and maybe the member for Griffith and most certainly the member for Gorton, whose brother is in the building today trying to save jobs, should take notice of this as well. It seems amazing that, on a day when we have 250 people at Heyfield about to lose their jobs, we do not have a concentration by the Labor Party on labourers. It seems absolutely disgusting that we have to rely on our side of the House to go in to bat for these working men and women.

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