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

It's good to see that they're clapping GetUp!. It's good to see that they stand behind GetUp!, because GetUp! believes in no more coal and no more excuses. Is this now the policy—no more coal; no more excuses? Is that now the policy for the member for Hunter—no more coal; no more excuses? Is that now the policy for the member for Shortland—no more coal; no more excuses? Is that now the policy for the member for Charlton? Is that the policy for the member for Paterson?

It's about time that people understood that the member for Maribyrnong has turned his back on blue-collar workers. He's chuckling away there, thinking about them losing their jobs. He's laughing about them losing their jobs. He thinks blue-collar workers are politically incorrect, and he sits back there in an arrogant fashion, turning his back on blue-collar workers. The AWU, who used to stand up for coal workers and used to stand up for shearers, now stand up for GetUp!. They have given up on Bourke and they are now residing in Balmain. They've given up on the Hunter Valley—and they've given up on your workers too, by the way, Member for O'Connor. (Time expired)

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