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

but she didn't ask anything about regional infrastructure. What she asked was basically a slur. That's basically all we got from her. The member for Griffith is apparently the shadow minister for water; we never hear any questions from her. The member for Blaxland apparently covers regional services; we never get any questions from him. The member for Brand covers mining resources. The best one of all is the member for Franklin, with agriculture—so important in our nation, yet we never get a question. It's like the Casper cabinet—the Casper cabinet of friendly ghosts who never actually ask a question! It's like a one-man show. We will never know about alternative policies, I say to the member for Flynn, because we never actually hear from the alternative ministers. This just goes to show the shallowness of any alternative government they propose.

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