Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, I express my deepest sympathy for the atrocities we have seen of late in Victoria, with the overwhelming loss of property and human life. It has certainly touched me deeply to be in this chamber and be aware of that news. Equally, I express my concerns and sympathy for people in my own state of Queensland over the pain and hardship they are going through with the floods in North Queensland. Turning to the Nation Building and Jobs Plan, I think at this time more than ever—