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

There are all these blue-collar workers that we're trying to keep in a job. We're trying to keep blue-collar workers in a job. But, of course, to keep them in a job we have to keep base-load power going, because we have to make sure we keep those in Emu Park, Depot Hill, Allenstown, Sarina, St Lawrence, Nebo, these people in the weatherboard and iron, with affordable and reliable power—that we believe in the dignity of their lives so that they are able to get affordable, reliable power.

You ask for alternative policies. One of the greatest alternative policies, of course, comes from the vastly left-wing organisation, supported by the Australian Labor Party, called GetUp!. A hundred thousand dollars went to GetUp!.

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