Gai Brodtmann (Canberra, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

The Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce. Modern communications are brilliant, but real personal contact remains vital.

Why are we taking this retrograde step, scattering our government? Why are we spending millions to become less efficient? All right, I confess.

I am quoting from a letter written by Heather Henderson from Yarralumla, who is the daughter of RG Menzies.

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