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

At the start, I'd just like to table a statement pertinent to what I said before. Obviously, the national cabinet, working together, is doing everything within its power to make sure that we achieve the outcome that we want—that is, that no-one dies of COVID—and we have been remarkably successful in that process. You brought up Queensland and why it's pertinent there. We are so proud of the fact that Cape York is a COVID-free regional area, that Emerald is a COVID-free regional area, that Theodore is a COVID-free regional area, that Roma is a COVID-free regional area, that Miles is a COVID-free regional area and that my own home town of St George is a COVID-free regional area. If we go up to the member for Leichhardt's area, Innisfail is a COVID-free regional area. Biloela, in the member for Flynn's area, is a COVID-free regional area.

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