Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

record funding on public schools and record funding on schools in general. The member for Melbourne would be far better off advising those children to go to school and to stay at school.

Who's going to look after those kids when they're out protesting? I know the Greens like to protest, because that's all you ever bring to the national debate—protests and frivolous rallies. You'd be far better off joining the Liberal and the National parties in talking about the economic narrative and in talking about how important it is to have a job in this country, because, if you want to work in this country, there's a job there for you. You'd be far better off talking about our record investment in defence and not siding with those on that side who, when they had six years of opportunity, dropped our defence investment spending levels to 1.6 per cent of GDP. That's down to the same levels of appeasement.

Ms Rowland interjecting—

I don't know why the member for Greenway is complaining or laughing. It's no laughing matter. It's important that we spend money on defence. It's important that our Defence people have the very best equipment, and under your side—

Mr Bandt interjecting—

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