Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I am answering the question. I must say that it is a thrill to get asked about the same number of questions from the member for Sydney as I do from the shadow minister for agriculture. We do actually believe in using firearms for pest control and recreation. What we do know is that overwhelmingly the firearms that are used in crimes are illegally imported. When we tried to get an increase in the sentencing for the people who use those firearms the people who stood against us were the Australian Labor Party. It is incongruous for the Australian Labor Party to come to the dispatch box in this instance. I keep on getting asked questions by the member for Sydney rather than the member for Hunter, the shadow minister for agriculture. It is also completely incongruous that the party that stands in the way of stopping illegal firearms from coming into this nation is the party that today is using its absolute and utter hypocrisy to try and implicate us.

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