Peter Lindsay (Herbert, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

It seems to me, Member for Dawson, that your party rates Hunter region votes as more important than the lives of North Queenslanders, and you need to stand up for North Queenslanders. You are not standing up for North Queenslanders. That is what our role is here in the parliament, and that is why I am here at the dispatch box standing up for North Queensland.

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