House debates

Thursday, 1 December 2016

Questions without Notice

Working Holiday Maker Program

2:35 pm

Photo of Malcolm TurnbullMalcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. The real issue here is the integrity and the character of the Leader of the Opposition. The Leader of the Opposition a moment ago stood up in the House and said, 'The President of the National Farmers Federation has called on the government to adopt Labor's position on the backpacker tax.' In fact, the NFF have tweeted and continued to say through the day on Twitter, 'We continue to support 15 per cent as the best policy outcome.' They have urged the Labor Party and all of the others in the Senate to support the 15 per cent outcome. So what the Leader of the Opposition did was, knowing full well—

Ms Collins interjecting

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