Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

More money for schools and mobile phone towers. There has never been a member for New England who has delivered more for his community. I want to thank the member for Grayndler for giving me the opportunity to extol the virtues of what a great member the member for New England has been and will continue to be for many, many more years to come.

As those opposite come to the dispatch box this week and talk about citizenship, I tell you now: when you go out to the worksite—if you ever go to the worksite anymore—the workers are talking about job security, energy affordable and reliability, and national security. None of them are talking about dual citizenship. So I would suggest to those opposite: get off the comfy green benches over there and get out to some of those work sites and listen to what real workers are talking about. They're talking about the jobs being provided through the Turnbull-Joyce government's jobs and infrastructure program which is delivering right around regional Australia. They're talking about energy affordability; they're talking about the cost of living. I would suggest that those opposite get out there and understand the issues that Australians are actually interested in.

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