Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Where did he go? What happened to him? What hole did he disappear down? And who is the person who looks awfully like him down in the other place? But the authenticity of Peter Garrett on these issues is the authenticity he has displayed personally in this complete 180-degree turnaround in his personal life and his personal beliefs. He used to rant and rave about nuclear energy and uranium mining. Those are things, actually, that I believe in, but I could listen to his music without believing in his policies. But what has happened to him now? He is part of a government that mines uranium! He holds a ministry in it! Such was the depth of this man’s conviction. He is the former president of—what was it? the nuclear-free party or the wonderful new party—