Melissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to talk about the national ag rally yesterday, which was in support of the Keep the Sheep campaign. What a fantastic rally. Thank you to all those who attended the rally. People travelled right across Australia to attend the rally. A special mention goes to the West Australians who travelled far to be at this rally but an extra special mention to those truck drivers who travelled from Western Australia across the Nullarbor to be able to show that they care about WA farmers, so I give a special shout out to Benno and his fellow travellers.

I wanted to make a special mention of the comments from Peter Dutton, the Leader of the Opposition. With his comments, he has demonstrated very clearly that he understands that our WA farmers matter. In particular, our sheep producers matter, our transporters matter, our livestock agents matter and our stock feeders, well, they matter as well. We are going to fight to ensure that we end the ban on live exports for this generation, the next generation and the generation after. Thank you to our farmers and our pastoralists. Thank you for feeding us. Thank you for clothing us. Thank you for supporting our communities and making them sustainable. Let's keep the sheep.

Sharon Claydon (Newcastle, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm going to remind the member for Durack that, while I appreciate your passionate words, the wearing of a slogan on a scarf is highly inappropriate.