Bob Katter (Kennedy, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

This place has been rife with—it is on the news this morning, again, and the Labor people should particularly tune in here—the anti-coal movement. Let's just face it: it is an anti-coal movement. The economy of North Queensland, where there are five federal marginal seats, most of them held by the ALP, will be really happy when they read what the ALP members have been saying here. I do not think the CFMEU is going to be really happy either—they are the biggest donor. These people hand out how-to-vote cards for you. They provide the money for you to fight the election. The biggest donor for the ALP in Queensland was the CFMEU. It is my union, and I am very proud of it—I have never been ashamed of it or denied their association with the Labor Party—but this is unbelievable.

This country has only two sources of income: coal and iron ore. With the free marketers—mostly on my left-hand side but this mob are no different—and the privatisers, every single industry has been exported. So the only exports we have left are coal and iron ore. Let me be very specific—

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