Gavin Pearce (Braddon, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Health, Aged Care and Indigenous Health Services) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to support the farming amendment proposed by the member for Kennedy, and I take on board his comments delineating the exact meaning of his amendment. But as I do so, I do so not only as the representative for Braddon but also as a beef producer and crop grower from the north-west coast of Tasmania. The point I want to make today is that there's an old saying that an old farmer once used, and that is that you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds you. The point I make from that is the fact that here in this place we live in a very different environment, a very sterile—

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